All,
It was an interesting day of birding here in Rockingham county today. Two
Juvenile Tricolored Herons were found at the Nazarene Wetlands around 12:50 PM.
A rather unusual bird for the Mountain and Valley region. Got some
documentation photos which can be seen at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34227153@N06/
Nazarene Wetlands are West of Dayton/Bridgewater on Nazarene Church road. Also
at the Wetlands was what appeared to be a Juvenile Sora which gave brief but
repeated views along the edge of the wetlands. Also at the wetlands were a
single Pectoral, 2 Leasts, several Solitary's and single Spotted Sandpiper
which made for a nice assortment of Shorebirds. Unfortunately the Tri-colored
Herons appear to have left the wetlands shortly after I took these photos.
It's possible they are hidden in the back somewhere but we could not relocate
them after much searching. The Tricolored Herons may be a Rockingham County
record as they are not mentioned in Claire Mellinger's Birds of Rockingham
County. The Gold book list 7 records for the Mountains and Valley region but
doesn't say which counties.
At Leonard's Pond earlier today there were 15 Solitary , two Least and one
Spotted Sandpiper. A Blue Grosbeak was singling in field behind the pond.
see eBird list below for Nazarene Wetlands for details......
best,
William Leigh leightern@xxxxxxx
Bridgewater, Virginia
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:40:34 -0400
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Subject: eBird Report - Nazarene Church Road Wetlands, Jul 27, 2014
Nazarene Church Road Wetlands, Rockingham, US-VA
Jul 27, 2014 12:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
16 species
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 12
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 2 <a
href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/34227153@N06/14758455504" ;
title="Tricolored Heron Nazerene Wetalnds flight shot by Leightern, on
Flickr"><img
src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14758455504_702f0d0dcd.jpg" ;
alt="Tri-colored Heron Nazerene Wetalnds flight shot" /></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/34227153@N06/14760485092" title="2 ;
Tri-colored Herons and a Great Blue Nazarene 7-27-2014 by Leightern, on
Flickr"><img
src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/14760485092_25cf332ee2.jpg" alt="2 ;
Tri-colored Herons and a Great Blue Nazarene 7-27-2014" /></a>
Both Tri-colored Herons appear to be Juveniles.
Sora (Porzana carolina) 1 Seen! Buffy yellow face and throat and breast
yellow stubby bill, barred belly, Appears to be a juvenile.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 3
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1 basic plumage
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 3
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 2
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 1
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19237536
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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