VA BIRDers,
I ran into Dave Boltz at Leesylvania SP this morning and we did the usual
route (below the Lee ruins, the VC, Bushy Point) and we found only a few
migrants and about 40 species between us in over 3 hrs of birding. Ugh!
Highlights were:
Great Egret 3
Osprey 1
YB Cuckoo 1
C. Swift 12
Red-headed WP 1
E. Wood Pewee 2
E. Phoebe 1
Red-eyed V 5
No. Rough-winged Sw 20
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 8
Black & White 2
Com. Yellowthroat 4
Am. Redstart 5
Magnolia 8
No. Parula 1
Yellow-throated 1
We then went to Julie Metz at 11am where in 1.5 hrs we tallied 3 dozen
species. Highlights were:
Great Egret 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
White-eyed V 1
Red-eyed V 1
No. Rough-winged Sw 1, do you sense this singleton theme?
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 3, all in one berry-laden-vine covered tree
No. Waterthrush 1
Com. Yellowthroat 3, incl one flight song display
Magnolia 2
Chestnut-sided 1
E. Towhee 1
Indigo Bunting 1
We parted ways and, after consuming a "small cheeseburger" at 5-guys, I went
to the Possum Point area where in less than 2 hrs I tallied 47 species with
highlights:
No. Pintail 4, on ash pond
Great Egret 7
Bald Eagle 1, adult
Cooper's 1
Red-tailed 1
Am. Kestrel 1
C. Swift 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
E. Wood Pewee 1
E. Phoebe 2
Red-eyed V 4
No. Rough-winged Sw 1
Gray Catbird 4
Black & White 2
Am. Redstart 2
Com. Yellowthroat 3
Blackburnian 1
Yellow-throated 1
No. Parula 1
Blackpoll 1
Pine 3
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
On my way north I checked near Belmont Bay marina and noted 9 Pied-billed
Grebes. I had intentions of stopping elsewhere, but the rain started.
Kurt Gaskill
