Howdy all,
The last two days have been somewhat interesting. Yesterday was nice and
calm, warm and fairly decent in overall numbers and species. Today started off
fairly warm, but windy, and the temps steadily dropped. The sun very came out
but the bird diversity was good, but overall numbers were down.
Yesterday was pretty much expected birds, but we did catch our 3rd
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH of the season, as well as a few SAVANNAH SPARROWS. Also
caught a
not-so-often-caught MOURNING DOVE.
Today the better birds were a CAPE MAY WARBLER and our 4th LINCOLN'S SPARROW
of the season.
Overall, not too bad.
Here are the totals for:
10/16:
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1
Slate-colored Junco 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 148
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
House Wren 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Cardinal 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1 first of the season
TOTAL------------------------------ 180
10/17:
Northern Parula 1
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 14
Magnolia Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1 western race
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 47
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Winter Wren 4
House Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Brown Creeper 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
TOTAL---------------------------------- 104
Not sure what to expect tomorrow. I assume there will be a lot of birds
around tomorrow (maybe) but with the rain chances jumping up recently, it might
be rainy. And then there is that wind that seems to be our nemesis, and is
likely to be around all day tomorrow. Guess its all a wait and see.
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
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