Hello all .
I had finially got a chance to put all the reports together for our Augusta
County annual Big Spring Day . Sorry for reporting it late . A big thank you
to all who took part in this count .
On May 6th a group of 21 members of the Augusta Bird Club ventured out in 11
parties looking for & recording bird species in over half of Augusta County
. Each group of 1 to 4 members was assigned an area to cover so that no one
crossed the lines of the others . The day started off with temps as low as
58 & a high of 73 . Some members had to deal with heavy fog in the
mountains & most parties either had mostly cloudy with some sunshine to
periods of rain during the day . A total of miles covered by car was 660 &
by foot around 10 . There was a total of 82 hrs. spent in the field either
covering the mountain ranges & low land fields , to feeder watches . The
total number of bird species seen or heard that day was 148 , by far the
largest number found in one day during Big Spring Day . The total number of
birds counted was 11,886 as a total . Also according to our book the Birds
of Augusta County this count added at least 50 " book breakers " to it by
in the means of Early or Late dates & Peak Spring counts .
Of all species of birds counted we had 7 species of Ducks , 7 species of
Hawks , 7 species of Woodpeckers , 7 species of Flycatchers , 6 species of
Vireos , 5 species of Swallows , 5 species of Thrushes , 27 species of
Warblers, 10 species of Sparrows , & 5 species of Blackbirds . Listed below
is the species of birds founded during our Big Spring Day .
CANADA GOOSE --220
WOOD DUCK -- 64
MALLARD -- 73
BLUE - WINGED TEAL -- 4
RINGED -NECKED DUCK -- 1
** BUFFELHEAD -- 1 LATE DATE
HOODED MERGANSER -- 1
RUFFED GROUSE -- 2
** WILD TURKEY -- 11 - SPRING PEAK COUNT
COMMON LOON -- 1
PIED BILLED GREBE -- 1
** HORNED GREBE -- LATE DATE
D C CORMORANT -- 4
** GREAT BLUE HERON -- 59 -- PEAK COUNT
GREEN HERON -- 10
BLACK CROWN NIGHT HERON -- 1
BLACK VULTURE -- 114
** TURKEY VULTURE -- 198 -- PEAK COUNT
OSPREY -- 8
** BALD EAGLE -- 3 - PEAK COUNT
SHARP - SHINNED --1
** COOPER'S --7 -- PEAK COUNT
** RED - SHOULDERED - 4 -PEAK COUNT
BROAD - WINGED -- 1
RED - TAILED -- 25
** AM . KESTREL -- 20 - PEAK COUNT
AM . COOT -- 2
KILLDEER -- 26
SPOTTED SANDPIPER -- 18
SOLITARY -- 11
GREATER YELLOWLEGS -- 2
LESSER YELLOWLEGS -- 7
AM . WOODCOCK -- 6
** ROCK PIGEON -- 166 - PEAK COUNT
** MOURNING DOVE -- 390 - PEAK COUNT
YELLOW - BILLED CUCKOO -- 4
BLACK - BILLED CUCKOO -- 3
BARN OWL -- 2 WITH 4 YOUNG
** GREAT HORNED OWL -- 4 - PEAK COUNT
** BARRED OWL -- 4 MATCHED PEAK COUNT
CHUCK - WILL'S - WIDOW -- 4
WHIP - POOR -WILL -- 42
CHIMNEY SWIFT -- 178
** R T HUMMINGBIRD -- 13 PEAK COUNT
** BELTED KINGFISHER -- 10 PEAK COUNT
** RED - HEADED WOODPECKER -- 10 PEAK COUNT
** RED - BELLIED -- 85
* YELLOW - BELLIED SAPSUCKER -- 1 LATE DATE BUT NOT BEATED
** DOWNY -- 32
HAIRY -- 10
NO. FLICKER -- 34
** PILEATED -- 36 - PEAK COUNT
E. WOOD - PEWEE -- 23
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER -- 24
** ALDER FLYCATCHER -- FIRST SPRING RECORD * EARLY DATE -- S. RIVER
PERSERVE
WILLOW FLYCATCHER -- 10
E . PHOEBE -- 50
GREAT CRESTED -- 83
E. KINGBIRD -- 23
WHITE - EYED VIREO -- 1
YELLOW - THROATED VIERO -- 3
BLUE - HEADED VIREO -- 31
WARBLING VIREO -- 6
** PHILADELPHIA VIREO -- 2 PEAK COUNT & 6 & 7TH SPRING RECORD
** RED -EYED VIREO -- 295
BLUE JAY - 198
** AM CROW -- 369 PEAK COUNT
FISH CROW -- 20
** RAVEN -- 18 PEAK COUNT
HORNED LARK -- 1
** PURPLE MARTIN -- 123 -- PEAK COUNT
TREE SWALLOW -- 240
NO. ROUGH - WINGED -- 46
CLIFF -- 7
** BARN SWALLOW -- 620 PEAK COUNT
** CAROLINA CHICKADEE -- 104 -- PEAK COUNT
BLACK - CAPPED CHICKADEE -- 14
TUFTED TITMOUSE -- 178
R B NUTHATCH -- 5
W B NUTHATCH -- 19
** CAROLINA WREN -- 150 -- PEAK COUNT
HOUSE WREN -- 80
GOLDEN - CROWN KINGLET -- 3
R C KINGLET -- 4
** BLUE - GRAY GNATCHER - 72 PEAKCOUNT
** E . BLUEBIRD -- 219 - PEAK COUNT
VEERY -- 1
SWAINSON'S THRUSH -- 2
WOOD THRUSH -- 49
** AM. ROBIN -- 1040 PEAK COUNT
** GRAY CATBIRD -- 185 -- PEAK COUNT
NO. MOCKINGBIRD -- 197
BROWN THRASHER -- 86
** E . STARLING -- 1564 -- PEAK COUNT
CEDAR WAXWING -- 143
NASHVILLE WARBLER -- 1
NO. PARULA -- 6
YELLOW -- 26
CHESTNUT - SIDED -- 8
** MAGNOLIA -- 6 - PEAK COUNT
CAPE MAY - 3
B T BLUE -- 5
Y R WARBLER -- 94
B T GREEN -- 16
BLACKBURNIAN -- 2
**YELLOW - THROATED WARBLER - 1 8TH SPRING RECORD
PINE -- 18
PRAIRIE -- 2
BAY - BREASTED -- 1
BLACKPOLL -- 10
CERULEAN -- 10
** B & W WARBLER -- 39 - PEAK COUNT
AM . REDSTART -- 18
WORM -EATING -- 93
OVENBIRD - 121
** NO. WATERTHRUSH -- 10 PEAK COUNT
** LA. WATERTHRUSH -- 26 -- PEAK COUNT
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT -- 14
HOODED WARBLER -- 13
** WILSON'S WARBLER -- 2 PEAK COUNT
CANADA WARBLER -- 5
YELLOW - BREASTED CHAT --- 3
SUMMER TANAGER -- 1
** SCARLET TANAGER -- 102 - PEAK COUNT
** E . TOWHEE -- 174 -- PEAK COUNT
CHIPPING SPARROW -- 183
FIELD -- 90
VESPER -- 2
SAVANNAH -- 9
GRASSHOPPER -- 58
** SONG SPARROW -- 227 -- PEAK COUNT
W T SPARROW -- 28
W C SPARROW -- 8
D E JUNCO -- 7
NO. CARDINAL -- 282
R B GROSBEAK -- 15
BLUE GROSBEAK -- 2
** INDIGO BUNTING -- 232 - PEAK COUNT
BOBOLINK -- 51
** RED - WINGED BLACKBIRD -- 588 -- PEAK COUNT
E . MEADOWLARK -- 233
COMMON GRACKLE -- 1057
BROWN - HEADED COWBIRD -- 77
** ORACHARD ORIOLE -- 18 -PEAK COUNT
BALTIMORE ORIOLE -- 17
** HOUSE FINCH -- 137 -- PEAK COUNT
AM. GOLDFINCH -- 239
HOUSE SPARROW -- 176
Allen Larner
Staunton
compiler for Big Spring Day
