Norm Porter and I covered Suck Mountain last Saturday morning as part of
the Big Spring Day held jointly by the Roanoke Valley and Lynchburg Bird
Clubs. Like other groups we found a paucity of migrants around that
morning, but enjoyed the morning's birding nonetheless. Our highlights
were a Chuck-will's-widow for the second year in a row, heard at the
same location as last year, several Whip-poor-wills, a Barred Owl, and a
female Ruby-throated Hummingbird finishing up a nest. The complete list
follows.
Gene Sattler
Lynchburg, VA
Location: Suck Mountain, Bedford Co.
Observation date: 5/3/08
Number of species: 52
Wild Turkey 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
Barred Owl 1
Chuck-will's-widow 1
Whip-poor-will 6
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 30
Blue Jay 97
American Crow 9
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 7
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 18
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Worm-eating Warbler 7
Ovenbird 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Hooded Warbler 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Scarlet Tanager 10
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/VA)
