I spent a good part of this afternoon (11/28/07) walking the Jericho Ditch. In
the back of my mind I was hoping for some interesting finches, so needless to
say I was really happy to see three Purple Finches. No "purple" adult males,
but a life bird for me so I was excited! Other birds of note: many Cedar
Waxwings and Rusty Blackbirds mixed in with the continuous flocks of Robins,
atleast three Red-headed Woodpeckers, over 30 Swamp Sparrows, three Wild
Turkeys feeding in the road, and an Eastern Screech Owl heard at 4:00 p.m. I
think that my luckiest sighting was two Bobcats sitting in the road, washing
themselves. I got some nice views until I was noticed and the pair creeped off
into the woods.
Nick Flanders
Newport News
Location: Great Dismal Swamp NWR--VAObservation date: 11/28/07Number of
species: 28 Wild Turkey 3Great Blue Heron 2Turkey Vulture 4Eastern Screech-Owl
1Red-headed Woodpecker 3Red-bellied Woodpecker 1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3Hairy
Woodpecker 1Northern Flicker 5Pileated Woodpecker 1Eastern Phoebe 2Carolina
Chickadee 1Carolina Wren 1Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9Hermit Thrush 6American Robin
130Gray Catbird 8Cedar Waxwing 15Eastern Towhee 6Fox Sparrow 1Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow 31White-throated Sparrow 15Dark-eyed Junco 9Northern Cardinal
4Red-winged Blackbird 39Rusty Blackbird 17Purple Finch 3 This report was
generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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