Made it over to Rt. 876 - Glebe School Road where I ran into William
Leigh. By 9 a.m. he had seen and heard the one wren near the red gate
located in back corner of the field. (The fence line forms a
triangle.) Ken Hinkle and Tom Mizell arrived but the wrens remained silent
and out-of-sight.
At approximately 11:50 a.m. as I was heading back I make a quick stop. One
wren made a brief appearance, flying up to fence on far back side and it
was carrying either food or nesting material! It then flew a short
distance to within the triangular-sectioned off field, quickly disappearing
in the tall brush.
A few short feet up Glebe School Road a single Loggerhead Shrike was
observed throughout the morning.
Continuing up Glebe School Road there is a large brick home atop a
hill. Along this hill William Leigh and I observed an incredible "cloud"
of circling Killdeer. They settled back down over the hillside below the
hilltop home. I stopped counting at 72 and there were still plenty more
further back toward the river. Everywhere I looked there were
killdeer. This was by far the largest flock of Killdeer I recall ever
seeing at any one time! Quite impressive!!!
Brenda Tekin
Charlottesville, VA
"Leave behind what you find; if you must take something, take pictures."
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