I visited the little swamp in my neighborhood for about an hour tonight.
Birding was pretty slow.the vegetation has grown up so much and the water
receded because of lack of rain, that most of it looked like a little
meadow. There was a small pool of deeper water just immediately surrounding
the beaver lodge, but otherwise it was very shallow or dried up.
The TUNDRA SWAN I reported earlier this summer near the end of June is still
present! The bird must have decided to stay the entire summer since missing
the migration. I didn't see any shorebirds, although there were some nice
muddy edges. Here's a link to a picture of the tundra swan on this trip:
http://flickr.com/photos/rlechols/2794341397/
Birds seen and/or heard:
Tundra Swan - 1
Kingfisher - 1
Eastern Wood Pewee - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 5
Red-headed Woodpecker - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
American Robin - 4
Thrasher - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 5
Laughing Gull - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 7
Mourning Dove - 9
Cardinal - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 5
Yellow Warbler - 1
Godfinch - 4
Happy Birding,
Rachel Echols
Chester, VA
