I was very surprised to see a Northern Harrier today while out birding (mostly
at higher elevations in Bedford County, e.g., Rocky Mountain Rd, James River
Visitor Center on BR Parkway, Parkway south to Peaks of Otter, Parker Road,
Spring Hill Lake, and James River above Reusens Dam). Not only did I see this
species which is rare in the Lynchburg area, it was a male Gray Ghost, too!
Nothing else I saw was very unusual although I did see a few FOS birds: SPOTTED
SANDPIPER, PURPLE MARTIN, and CLIFF SWALLOW. And my first PALM WARBLER (which
appeared to be a western subspecies in breeding plumage as it did not have much
yellow underneath) in the Lynchburg area this year. (Lynchburgers: I'm at 112
for local big year competition). Complete list of species follows.
Rexanne Bruno
Lynchburg, VA
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Location: Bedford County, VA, US
Observation date: 4/16/09
Number of species: 50
Canada Goose 11
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 20
Bald Eagle 1 on James River above Judith Creek
Northern Harrier 1 on Parker Rd at 12PM
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 20
Common Raven 2
Purple Martin X
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Cliff Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 10
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 11
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 5
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 19
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
