I had a great time with Paul and Adam yesterday. It was indeed a lovely day of
birding... photographing? Not as much, but I have posted some shots. The
Black-billed Cuckoo photos are 'recording shots' (I do sometimes post photos of
birds just to record seeing the bird as opposed to having any real photographic
value- if you ever think that a photo of mine seems sub-standard, then it must
just be a 'recording shot' :-).
There are some shots of a Savannah and White-crowned as well as a butterfly
that I have not identified (feel free to help) and a few others. The warblers
mostly stayed maddeningly, and neck-breakingly, in the canopy. So there were no
shots of them this time.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40090747@N05/
Cheers for now,
R. Bruce Richardson
South Boston
On Oct 22, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Adam D'Onofrio wrote:
I enjoyed a nice day birding with Paul Glass and Bruce Richardson at Dick
Cross WMA in Mecklenburg Co. Highlight was a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO found at the
end of the day near the main road east of the dog kennels. A YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO was also in this general vicinity. Sparrows were in evidence today but
still not in big numbers. Two adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were the best
ones. Other sparrow species included CHIPPING, FIELD, SONG, SWAMP and
SAVANNAH. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS have definitely arrived but other warbler
species found in smaller numbers included MAGNOLIA, CAPE MAY, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE, PINE, BLACKPOLL, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and NORTHERN PARULA. A BLUE-HEADED
VIREO was our only vireo of the day. Other signs of the changing season came
in the form of several GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, a single YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER and, on Clyde's Pond, a PIED-BILLED GREBE and AMERICAN COOT. There
was a good number of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS around today, certainly the most
individua
ls of that species that I've seen in the WMA. Hoping they stick around all
winter. I'm sure Bruce will post a few photos from today at a later time.
Good birding.
Adam D'Onofrio
Dinwiddie Co.
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