Hello all
Just got back from checking on the Barn Owl on Rt. 637 in the Stuarts Draft
area . NO Barn Owl was seen today . I am wondering if it found better living
conditions since the cold snap we have had of late ? Any way after leaving the
silo & continuing on Rt. 637 , I came across a large flock of Blackbirds
feeding in a freshly cut corn field . In this flock I had about 3000 + birds of
five species . Red -- winged Blackbird -- 400 + , Rusty Blackbird -- 500 + ,
Common Grackle -- 600 + , Brown -headed Blackbird -- 1000 + & the ever loving
Starling -- 500 + . No Yellow - headed Blackbird ( RATS ) .
Other birds of interest today in the waterfowl line are as follows .
Bells Lane
Gadwall -- 10
Redhead -- 1
Ring - necked Duck -- 2
Ruddy Duck -- 7
Pied -- billed Grebe -- 2
Am. Coot -- 7
McCune's
Tundra Swan -- 1
Gadwall -- 7
Black Duck -- 2
Shoveler -- 4
Smith's
Black Duck -- 9
Green - winged Teal -- 7
Bald Eagle -- 1 ( adult )
Boy Scout Camp
Ruddy Duck -- 1
Dupont Plant Ponds
Snow Goose -- 1 ( Blue Morph )
Pied -- billed Grebe -- 1
Quillen's
Black Duck -- 2
Pintail -- 7
Green -- winged Teal -- 35
Lesser Scaup -- 1
Happy Birding to all .
Allen Larner
Staunton
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