Hello Va-birders;
Team Wild Birds Unlimited (Brian Taber, Calvin Brennan, Chris Foster,
and Paul Nasca) slugged-it-out in the 16th running of the Kiptopeke
Challenge, on Saturday, September 25. Thanks to teammate, Brian Taber,
who already posted our team's highlights. The 116 species we identified
are as follows:
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Am. Wigeon
Am. Black Duck
Mallard
B-W Teal
No. Pintail
G-W Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
D-C Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
B-C Night-Heron
Y-C Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
No. Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Am. Oystercatcher
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Black-Backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collard Dove
Mourning Dove
Great-Horned Owl
Chimney Swift
R-T Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed WP
Red-bellied WP
Downy WP
Hairy WP
No. Flicker
Pileated WP
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
R-B Nuthatch
B-H Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird
No. Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Eu. Starling
Magnolia Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Am. Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Summer Tanager
Chipping SP
Field SP
Savannah SP
No. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
House SP
Best,
Paul Nasca
Fredericksburg, VA
