VA BIRDers,
A fine report from Scott - yes, Leesylvania SP was pretty good today, about
what I would expect given the weather conditions and time of year (please,
nothing close to a "fall-out"). Eastern Phoebes, No. Rough-winged Swallows,
Gray Catbirds, No. Parulas, Magnolia Warblers, Black & White Warblers, Am.
Redstarts and Common Yellowthroats pretty much dominated the day. I think
the only important additions to his report is Tennessee Warbler and Northern
Waterthrush.
After parting with Scott and Marc, and a quick bite to eat, I headed for
Possum Point Rd at about 1 pm. Several new species, including a magnificent
flock of 110 Northern Pintail put up by a fisherman. The notables were:
No. Pintail 110
Great Egret 25
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Forster's Tern 12
E. Wood Pewee 1
E. Phoebe 6
No. Rough-winged Sw 12
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 2, one singing
Tennessee 1
No. Parula 4
Chestnut-sided 2
Black-throated Blue 3
Black-thr Green 1
Cape May 1
Blackpoll 2
Black & White 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 4
Next stop was Belmont Marina which netted a few goodies including Greater
Scaup (female). I also noted 17 Pied-billed Grebes.
I ended at Dyke Marsh to view the ducks at low tide near 4 pm. American
Wigeon have arrived. The highlights were:
Tundra Swan 1
Am. Wigeon 2
Am. Black Duck 1
Mallard 325
Blue-winged Teal 4
No. Shoveler 22
Green-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Great Blue Heron 19
Great Egret 27
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 14
Forster's Tern 17
and 50 Common Grackles
Kurt Gaskill
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Priebe [mailto:falco57@xxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 5:15 PM
To: va-bird
Subject: [Va-bird] [va-bird] Leesylvania SP, Pr. William Co.
Marc Ribaudo, Kurt Gaskill, and I had a cool/cold, mostly dry morning from
7:00-12:00 at Leesylvania. I tallied 49 species, 14 warbler, but Marc's and
Kurt's lists hold more. The meadow was active from 7:30-9:30. Primarily
flycatchers initially with a very yellow Yellow-bellied Flycatcher feeding
at the Pawpaw grove, a Traill's, and several Phoebes. A good number and
variety of warblers were seen here, including 2-4 Blackburnian W., mainly in
the trees on the east side. The best flurry of warblers was at Bushy Point
near the boat house in the rain from 10:30-11:00 with good looks at a
Blackburnian W., a bathing male Cape May W., and at least one Pine Warbler.
Magnolia W. were still predominant, but in much fewer numbers than the last
two weekends.
Scott Priebe
Springfield
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow/Alder? Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
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