It is Hunting Creek, not Little Hunting Creek where the herbicides were
supposedly applied. The map actually refers to it as Cameron Run, but I have
been told this is wrong.
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1. Alexandria: Black Tern YES, Phalarope NO (25 August)
(Stephen Johnson)
2. Voice: Greater Washington Area, Aug 25 (Joe Coleman)
3. Brown Booby at Kerr Lake (Ned Brinkley)
4. Fairfax Co: Hunting Creek: Red-necked Phalarope (25 Aug)
(sjsuter29@xxxxxxxxxxx)
5. Brown Booby (Jeff Blalock)
6. Common Nighthawk and Mississippi Kites-Lake Smith Terrace
area VA Beach (Tracy Tate)
7. herbicides at Little Hunting Creek (mb b)
8. Harvey's Knob (25 Aug 2015) 29 Raptors (reports@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
9. Yellow Throated Warbler- Pittsylvania County (meadows9)
10. Yellow Throated Warbler Pittsylvania County (meadows9)
11. Re: Brown Booby (Paul Glass)
12. Canada Warbler / Frederick Co. (Jon Little)
13. Hummingbird Update - Reston (Craig Zalk)
14. Late report: 3 Canada warblers at Huntley Meadows on Sunday
(Pam and Ben)
15. Early Fall Migrants (Roger Mayhorn)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:33:44 -0400
From: Stephen Johnson <stevejohnson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: VA-Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Alexandria: Black Tern YES, Phalarope NO (25
August)
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This morning 25 Aug Lynn and I kayaked out of Belle Haven Marina to visit the
Black Terns out on the Potomac. We found 3 for sure in the early light
(about 8 AM), and got good photos of two of them perched in the hydrilla mats
with two Forster's.
Also a couple of big Royal / Caspian Terns, which I have trouble
distinguishing. Big reddish-orange bills, but were they big enough and dark
enough to be Caspian? I dunno.
The kayaking approach makes a spotting scope unnecessary. However, the
spotting scope approach makes a long slog paddling through thick vegetation
unnecessary!!
I saw a report from early this morning for the Red-Necked Phalarope at the
link location below. We scanned the water from the Washington Sailing Marina
(from land, not kayak) north to National Airport. No sandpiper spp. of any
kind, along the shores or in, or over, the water.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=38.8342588,-77.0414543&ll=38.8342588,-77.0414543
Good birding everyone!!
Steve Johnson & Lynn Rafferty
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:45:00 -0400
From: "Joe Coleman" <joecoleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Voice: Greater Washington Area, Aug 25
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FYI - this report is for sightings from Aug 18 through Aug 24 and was
compiled by Gerry Hawkins & transcribed by Steve Cordle.
Joe Coleman
Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 8/25/2015
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/central and southern DE/WV panhandle
Reports, comments and questions: voice@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:voice@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Compiler: Gerry Hawkins
Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central
Atlantic States (independent of NAS)
Transcriber: Steve Cordle
Please consider joining ANS, especially if you are a regular user of the
Voice (Individual $50; Family $65; Nature Steward $100; Audubon Advocate
$200). The membership number is 301-652-9188, option 12; the address is 8940
Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; and the web site is
http://www.AudubonNaturalist.org.
This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon Naturalist
Society. This report covers the week starting Tuesday, August 18 and was
completed on Tuesday, August 25 at 8:30 a.m.
The top birds this week were TRUMPETER SWAN*, NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* and the
hybrid BREWSTER'S and LAWRENCE'S WARBLERS*, all in Maryland.
Other birds of interest this week included SNOW GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, EARED
GREBE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, TRICOLORED HERON, LITTLE BLUE HERON, WHITE
IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN AVOCET, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, UPLAND SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, STILT, BAIRD, WHITE-RUMPED
and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, RED-NECKED and WILSON'S PHALAROPES, FRANKLIN'S and
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, BLACK and ROYAL TERNS, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE,
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, BLUE-HEADED and
PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, COMMON RAVEN, GOLDEN-WINGED and MOURNING WARBLERS, LARK
SPARROW and BOBOLINK.
TOP BIRDS
Birders continued to observe a longstanding tagged TRUMPETER SWAN* at Lake
Churchill and NEOTROPIC CORMORANT at Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal in
Montgomery Co, MD, with the latest sightings on August 22 and 23,
respectively.
On August 22 a BREWSTER'S WARBLER*, the more common hybrid between the
BLUE-WINGED and GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, was found in a small flock of
warblers near the entrance to the Minebank Trail at Cromwell Valley Park,
Baltimore Co, MD. On the next day a LAWRENCE'S WARBLER*, the rarer form of
this warbler hybrid, was reported across from the lime kiln/dilapidated
house at this park.
OTHER BIRDS OF INTEREST
On August 18 a SNOW GOOSE was found along Figgs Landing Road in Worcester
Co, MD. On August 20 a TUNDRA SWAN was seen along Starr Road near the
intersection with Fox Meadow Road in Queen Anne's Co, MD. A TUNDRA SWAN that
has been present since last winter continues at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack
Co, VA, with the latest sighting on August 24. Waterfowl also included
sightings of several migratory duck species, including BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP, SURF SCOTER and BUFFLEHEAD.
An EARED GREBE that was first found on August 15 continues at Swan Creek
Wetland - Cox Creek, Anne Arundel Co, MD, with the latest sighting on August
24.
On August 18 three AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen in flight over Rehoboth
Golf Park in Sussex Co, DE. Ten AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS continue at Prime
Hook NWR, Sussex Co, DE, with the latest sighting on August 23.
TRICOLORED HERONS were found at several locations, including a reporting
area high of nine at Hog Island WMA, Surry Co, VA on August 23, one or two
at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE on August 18 and 21, and one at the North
Beach marsh in Calvert Co, MD on August 23. A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON was
seen as far west as Big Pool in Fort Frederick SP, Frederick Co, MD on
August 19-21.
WHITE IBIS continue to be seen in good numbers at many coastal locations,
with a high count of 60 at Assateague SP - Causeway, Worcester Co, MD on
August 20. Four WHITE IBIS were seen again inland at the Staunton View
Public Use Area, Mecklenburg Co, VA, with the latest sighting on August 19.
There were fewer reports of MISSISSIPPI KITES during the week, but a high of
five were seen at two locations on Squirrel Level Road in the independent
city of Petersburg and in Dinwiddie Co, VA on August 19, 21 and 22, and one
or two were observed at Runt Powell Farm in Halifax Co, VA on August 19 and
22.
A SANDHILL CRANE was seen again at Pemberton Manor and the Quail Covey Farm
pond in Queen Anne's Co, MD on August 18 and 20, respectively. A SANDHILL
CRANE also was reported in flight over Valley Mill Road in Frederick Co, VA
on August 18.
Over 300 AMERICAN AVOCETS were present at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co, DE on
August 17 and 18, and well over 100 remained there later in the week. In
Virginia, 184 AMERICAN AVOCETS were counted at the Craney Island Disposal
Area in Portsmouth on August 20.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER, which is an uncommon migrant on the Eastern Shore, was
spotted in short grass on the South Wash Flats Impoundment at Chincoteague
NWR, Accomack Co, VA during the regular shorebird/gull survey on August 22.
On August 22-24 a high of seven UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen in the alfalfa
fields along Sassafras-Caldwell Road in northeast Kent Co, MD, which is a
traditional stopover location for this species. On August 23 three UPLAND
SANDPIPERS were found in the grass field on the south side of Oland Road
west of Buckeystown Pike in Frederick Co, MD, another traditional stopover
location. A continuing UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Central Sod Farm on
Swamp Circle Road in Anne Arundel Co, MD on August 18-20.
On August 22 an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen at Swan Creek Wetland - Cox
Creek, Anne Arundel Co, MD, which may have been the same bird found there on
August 15. A high of 18 MARBLED GODWITS were seen at Chincoteague NWR,
Accomack Co, VA during the week, while one was seen at Bombay Hook NWR, Kent
Co, DE on August 17 and the Craney Island Disposal Area, Portsmouth, VA on
August 20. STILT SANDPIPERS ranged from a reporting area high of 21 at the
Craney Island Disposal Area, Portsmouth, VA on August 20 to one inland at
Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co, VA on August 22-24. On these same dates
two juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were seen at a pond on the north side of
Route 9 about five miles east of Georgetown in Sussex Co, DE, which is one
of the so-called Gravel Hill DelDOT/Besche Furniture Ponds. Three
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were found at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA
during the regular shorebird/gull survey on August 22, and one was seen at
Broadkill Marsh in Prime Hook NWR, Sussex Co, DE on August 22 and the West
Ocean City Pond in Worcester Co, MD on August 23.
On August 24 a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was spotted in the Potomac
River (District of Columbia waters) from the Washington Sailing Marina in
Alexandria, VA. Six RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and three WILSON'S PHALAROPES,
were among the many shorebirds at the Craney Island Disposal Area in
Portsmouth, VA on August 20, which also included 47 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, the
high in the area for the week.
On August 21 a FRANKLIN'S GULL was spotted in a mixed gull/tern flock in a
restricted part of Masonville Cove in Baltimore, MD. BONAPARTE'S GULLS began
moving through the area, with two seen at Dyke Marsh WP, Fairfax Co, VA on
August 21 and one observed from a private beach house in Calvert Co, MD on
the same date.
Migrating BLACK TERNS were observed at many locations and may be found at
almost any body of water in the reporting area at this time.
Sightings in Virginia included a high of four at Sandy River Reservoir,
Prince Edward Co on August 18 and 19, ten at McCune's pond on Kiddsville
Road (private) in Augusta Co on August 19, 15 at the Staunton View Public
Use Area, Mecklenburg Co on August 19, a high of 10 over the Potomac River
from Dyke Marsh WP and the nearby Hunting Creek bridge in Alexandria on
August 20-24 and two at Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co on August 22. BLACK
TERN sightings in Maryland included nine at Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal
in Montgomery Co on August 18, two at Swan Creek Wetland - Cox Creek, Anne
Arundel Co on August 20, two at Triadelphia Reservoir, Howard Co on August
20 and one at the Chestertown WWTP, Kent Co on August 23 and 24. In Delaware
a high of six BLACK TERNS were seen at the hawk watch and Gordon's Pond in
Cape Henlopen SP, Sussex Co on August 21 and 22, and three wee seen at the
Ted Harvey WMA, Sussex Co on August 22.
On August 22 a ROYAL TERN was found on a hydrilla mat off the big dirt
parking lot at Ospreys Golf Club at Belmont Bay in Woodbridge, Prince
William Co, VA, which is a relatively uncommon sighting away from the coast.
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES continue in certain parts of southern Virginia,
including Virginia Beach and Back Bay NWR in the east and the city of
Radford and Pulaski Co in the southwest, where a high of
13 were found in the vicinity of Route 114 and nearby Belspring Road on
August 18.
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was reported along the box trail at Cromwell Valley
Park, Baltimore Co, MD on August 23 and heard calling at the Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel Co, MD on August 19.
The scenic U. S. Air Force Memorial in Arlington Co, VA continues to be one
of the best locations in the area to see migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS,
especially on Friday nights, when the lights from the free concerts by the
U. S. Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants further illuminate these birds
against the night sky.
On August 21 a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was seen on Laurel Fork Road, about
one-half mile from the junction with Rt. 640, in Blue Grass, Highland Co,
VA.
A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Wheaton Regional Park, Montgomery Co, MD on
August 22, Cromwell Valley Park, Baltimore Co, MD on August 23 and
Susquehanna SP, Harford Co, MD on August 23. Migrant vireos also included an
early BLUE-HEADED VIREO found on private property on Black Walnut Point in
Talbot Co, MD on August 23.
During the week a lowland COMMON RAVEN was seen as far east as Swan Creek
Wetland - Cox Creek, Anne Arundel Co, MD on August 20 and 22.
Warblers increased in numbers and diversity, and late in the week ten or
more warbler species were seen at Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC,
Cromwell Valley Park, Baltimore Co, MD and Elk Neck SP, Cecil Co, MD.
Noteworthy warbler sightings included a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER found in a
mixed warbler flock at Chino Farms - Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory,
Queen Anne's Co, MD on August 18, which is an especially uncommon sighting
on the Eastern Shore. An always-desirable MOURNING WARBLER was found at Swan
Creek Wetland - Cox Creek, Anne Arundel Co, MD on August 22 and Cromwell
Valley Park, Baltimore Co, MD on August 23. Warblers also included one to
several early TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL and
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
On August 22 a LARK SPARROW was spotted near a feeder behind the visitors
center in Chincoteague NWR, Accomack Co, VA.
Migrant BOBOLINKS included flocks of 18 in Bardane, Jefferson Co, WV on
August 18, 10 at Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy, Howard Co,
MD on August 22, and 13 at Elk Neck SP, Cecil Co, MD on August 23.
***
This week's report was based on reports on the DE, MD, VA, and WV list
servers via the ABA Internet links, and on eBird records.
The Audubon Sanctuary Shop (301-652-3606, http://anshome.org/shop)is an
excellent source for guidebooks and many other nature-related titles.
To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to voice@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:voice@xxxxxxxxxxx> .
Please post reports before midnight Monday, identify the county as well as
the state, and include your name and a Tuesday morning contact, e-mail or
phone.
Thank you for your interest, and enjoy the birds.
*Of interest to the applicable state records committee
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:50:35 -0400
From: Ned Brinkley <23cahow@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Va Birds Listserve <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Brown Booby at Kerr Lake
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Gene Larson posted photos of a Brown Booby from Kerr Lake yesterday 24
August. Not sure where on the lake. He was apparently photographing
waterskiers when the bird came by.
Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, Va.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 25, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Stephen Johnson <stevejohnson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This morning 25 Aug Lynn and I kayaked out of Belle Haven Marina to visit
the Black Terns out on the Potomac. We found 3 for sure in the early light
(about 8 AM), and got good photos of two of them perched in the hydrilla
mats with two Forster's.
Also a couple of big Royal / Caspian Terns, which I have trouble
distinguishing. Big reddish-orange bills, but were they big enough and
dark enough to be Caspian? I dunno.
The kayaking approach makes a spotting scope unnecessary. However, the
spotting scope approach makes a long slog paddling through thick vegetation
unnecessary!!
I saw a report from early this morning for the Red-Necked Phalarope at the
link location below. We scanned the water from the Washington Sailing
Marina (from land, not kayak) north to National Airport. No sandpiper spp.
of any kind, along the shores or in, or over, the water.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=38.8342588,-77.0414543&ll=38.8342588,-77.0414543
Good birding everyone!!
Steve Johnson & Lynn Rafferty
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:07:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: sjsuter29@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Fairfax Co: Hunting Creek: Red-necked Phalarope (25
Aug)
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A juvenile Red-necked Phalarope was SW of the Hunting Creek (Stone) Bridge
around 1345 EDT this afternoon. I first noticed it inflight heading S
heading for the large hydrilla mat to the SE of the bridge. It landed in one
of the open leads in the mat (E of the bike path) and was swimming around in
that for at least 10 minutes. If the bird stays around that mat, one could
probably locate it from the N end of the Belle Haven picnic grounds.
Other shorebirds present between 1300 & 1400 included 1 White-rumped
Sandpiper, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, and 1 juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher. Will
post a complete list to eBird. There were also at least 7 Black Terns over
the hydrilla mats (5 ad, 2 juv).
Sherman Suter
Alexandria VA 22307
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:14:19 -0400
From: Jeff Blalock <jcbabirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: VA-BIRD <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Brown Booby
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Does anyone know the person that took the photos of the booby. So that we
might can get more details of where it was seen
From my iPhone
May God Bless and Keep You
Jeff Blalock
103 Elizabeth Court
South Boston VA 24592
434-572-8619 Home
434-470-4352 Cell
jcbabirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:37:31 -0400
From: Tracy Tate <tltaterbug44@xxxxxxxxx>
To: va-bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Common Nighthawk and Mississippi Kites-Lake Smith
Terrace area VA Beach
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Hi All -
If you are in the Lake Smith Terrace area of VA Beach this evening keep
your eyes open for a Common Nighthawk feeding over this end of Lake Smith.
At about 555pm I spotted its bounding flight profile on slender pointy
looking wings held above the diagonal and the diagnostic white patches
across the primaries were easy to see as it flew over.
I have been trying to keep track of the resident Mississippi Kite movements
so that the late date for them here will be somewhat narrowed down. Now
that the young fledge is far afield at times its been tough. For the last
six days I have been able to watch sometimes one sometimes two adult Kites
soaring and hunting in the skies over Aragona Rd from the dead end of Red
Coat Rd that backs up to a schoolyard field. Looking out across the field
I can spot the Kites flying above the horizon over the school roof and
sometimes diving into a tree about two blocks back from Haygood Red. Its a
far look and today they were quite high. One was definitely a male as its
secondaries and head were prominently white every time it banked in the
right direction. If they are there again tomorrow I will try to locate the
area they dive into. I was unable to locate the young fledged bird in
Thoroughgood this afternoon but it was presumed to be the one whistling
above Curtis around 630 to 7am this morning.
Tracy Tate
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 23:14:51 +0000
From: mb b <marlabeth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] herbicides at Little Hunting Creek
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Today (Tuesday Aug 25) while walking around the grounds of Porto Vecchio
waiting for a friend, (and looking to see those black terns again while I
waited) I was approached by two women. I think they approached me because I
had my binoculars and camera with me. They were very upset. They lived there,
said they, and they said the board of directors of Porto Vechhio had approved
spraying and dumping herbicides into the river to kill the spatterdock and
the hydrilla. They had been informed that the solution dumped was 58%
glyphosate, and 42% things they could not remember. They received a notice
that the river would be toxic for three weeks near the dumping area. They
were concerned about Dyke Marsh, about fish and bird kills, and about the
right or lack thereof of private parties to do such a thing. They said that
they thought the river was Maryland's and DC's but that the permit they had
been told was received was from Virginia. I also observed a sick or injured
juvenile gull a
t the bridge - could not fly. A couple who had a car with them took it to
the vet to await a wildlife rehabilitator.
The women said they think this was not the first time this summer this had
been done. I wonder, if true, if this had anything to do with the 30-50 large
dead fish I saw floating last week from my kayak. There were many of them all
together.
In any event, from the stench of chemicals, (I can still taste them just from
breathing there) I think it likely what they said is true; that spraying and
dumping herbicides was done in the river at Little Hunting Creek. I have no
idea if this is legal or not, if they would need a federal permit as well as
a state one to do this, or if it is permitted at all. But I saw nothing but
gulls there - no more peeps as I saw Sunday, or terns floating along on
hydrilla mats. I figured I would post the info here and email Friends of Dyke
Marsh, and let the proper people do what can be done, if anything.
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:17:19 -0800
From: reports@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Harvey's Knob (25 Aug 2015) 29 Raptors
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Harvey's Knob
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 25, 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 4 4
Bald Eagle 2 10 10
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 5 5
Cooper's Hawk 1 8 8
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 22 34 34
Red-tailed Hawk 1 6 6
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 5 5
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Total: 29 80 80
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Carl Christensen
Observers: Darryl Martin
Visitors:
Had 3 or 4 couples from out of state stop with a few questions. A special
thanks to Darryl for all his help today.
Weather:
Beautiful day with SW winds at 2-3 diminishing to 1 late in the watch.
Cloud cover at 5% and temperatures ranging from 15>23 by the end of the
day. Visibility at 4-5.
Raptor Observations:
ABE at 9:08, IBE at 11:26. Most raptors observed on the east side on the
horizon and lifting higher after 12:30. Two kettles of BWs; the first with
5 in number; the second with 7. All others were single sightings.
Non-raptor Observations:
Few people using the Parkway, and no hikers observed today.
Three monarchs were counted.
Predictions:
Repeat of today, both weather and birds.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Carl Christianson ()
Harvey's Knob information may be found at:
http://bijame.googlepages.com/home
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:49:23 -0400
From: "meadows9" <meadows9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Yellow Throated Warbler- Pittsylvania County
Message-ID: <004201d0df99$0d36cd30$27a46790$@net>
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This evening I had a Yellow Throated Warbler visit my bird bath rock in the
back yard. It's a first for my yard. The warbler ate from the peanut
feeder and the suet feeder only to return and drink and bathe again at the
rock. Bob Schamerhorn's design has scored again!!!! That's twice in one
week!!!
Lexi Meadows
Pittsylvania County
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:57:27 -0400
From: "meadows9" <meadows9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Yellow Throated Warbler Pittsylvania County
Message-ID: <000001d0df9a$2db049f0$8910ddd0$@net>
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I forgot to enclose a photo link in the previous post.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25024097@N02/20892123811/in/datetaken/
Lexi Meadows
Pittsylvania County
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:27:52 -0400
From: Paul Glass <pag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Jeff Blalock' <jcbabirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: VA-BIRD <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Brown Booby
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I got a response from the photographer on Flickr that the bird was
photographed from a boat just above the dam. If it's still in that area, it
should be visible from one of the overlooks or the visitor's center.
Paul Glass
South Boston, VA
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From: Jeff Blalock [mailto:jcbabirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 4:14 PM
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Subject: [Va-bird] Brown Booby
Does anyone know the person that took the photos of the booby. So that we
might can get more details of where it was seen
From my iPhone
May God Bless and Keep You
Jeff Blalock
103 Elizabeth Court
South Boston VA 24592
434-572-8619 Home
434-470-4352 Cell
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:30:10 -0400
From: "Jon Little" <littlejon48@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Va-bird] Canada Warbler / Frederick Co.
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While birding at 3rd Winchester Battlefield this afternoon, we came upon a
male Canada Warbler working among the trees - in the very same spot we've
seen 3 males of that species before.
Jon & BJ Little
Winchester
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:41:32 -0400
From: Craig Zalk <craig.zalk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Hummingbird Update - Reston
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At 7pm this evening (Tuesday) I observed about 10 hummingbirds in my front
yard in one viewing. That means I have more than 10 , but at a one time
[snapshot], I noted 10, mostly chasing and fighting and sneaking quick
drinks of sugar water when possible. I increased the number of feeders to
seven, to keep the population as high as possible. Over the weekend, I did
not have quite as many hummers, but the yard was still busy with noisy
hummingbirds. Last year, mid-August was my population peak with greater
numbers than what I currently have.
Happy birding to all. Craig
(south part of) Reston, Northern VA, Fairfax County
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Craig Zalk
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:37:54 -0400
From: "Pam and Ben" <breep@xxxxxxx>
To: "Va-Bird" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Late report: 3 Canada warblers at Huntley Meadows
on Sunday
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Off the Hike/Bike Path. My first clear passerine migrants of the season.
Ben Jesup
Alexandria
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:53:52 -0400
From: Roger Mayhorn <rogermayhorn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: VA Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Early Fall Migrants
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Today 8/25 here on Compton Mt the following birds, not counting the
regulars, came through the yard. The Blue-winged and the Tennessee were
bathing in our yard stream.
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1 FOS
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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