Just wanted you all to know that this amazing feat was done by two excellent
birders under 18 years old, one finishing his freshman year in college, the
other finishing his freshman year in high school. Tim spent days (weeks?)
preparing and scouting. As always, he did his homework well and it paid off.
Will they break the record next year?
Frederick D. Atwood fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org
http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_atwoodfrontpage.html
--- On Mon, 5/17/10, Tim Hodge <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Tim Hodge <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Virginia Big Day Record attempt results: 170 Species
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 9:36 AM
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Although we (Nick Newberry and Tim Hodge) did not
break the record of 178 species, we still had an excellent day ending with 170
species. We got started a little late and did not have time to check the Blue
Ridge Parkway Pioneer Farm for woodcocks. At around dawn we were in Highland
County on Alleghany Road headed to Locust Springs, however there was a tree
down
across the road, and it cost us nearly an hour detouring around it. This delay
necessitated skipping a couple locations, costing us several species. We birded
Rt. 642, Alleghany Rd., Rt. 640, Bear Mountain, Rt. 631, and Ramseys Draft
in Highland and Augusta County, we then headed down to the Eastern Shore, where
we stopped at Island 1 on the CBBT, Eastern Shore on Virginia NWR, Seaside Dr.,
Magotha Rd., Willis Wharf, Chincoteague, and Saxis. Big misses include Gadwall,
Brown Pelican, Cattle Egret, American Kestrel, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper,
American
Woodcock, Black-billed Cuckoo, Whip-poor-will, Belted Kingfisher,
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker, Acadian Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo,
Warbling
Vireo, Horned Lark, Winter Wren, Swainson's and Grey-cheeked Thrush,
Golden-winged Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white
Warbler, Waterthrushes, Kentucky Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Canada Warbler,
Summer
Tanager, and Bobolink. I want to thank Mrs. Newberry, for being the designated
driver. I also want to thank all the va-birders who responded to my species
requests.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite (Seaside Dr.)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron (Chincoteague)
Tricolored Heron (Chincoteague)
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Chincoteague)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Chincoteague)
White Ibis (Chincoteague)
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier (Chincoteague)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk (Locust Springs)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon (Rt. 642)
Clapper Rail
King Rail (Chincoteague)
Virginia Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover (Chincoteague)
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher (Chincoteague)
Black-necked Stilt (Chincoteague)
American Avocet* (Chincoteague)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Whimbrel (Willis Wharf)
Marbled Godwit (Willis Wharf)
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper* (Chincoteague)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper (CBBT)
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern (CBBT)
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern (Chincoteague)
Black Tern (Chincoteague)
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Magotha Rd.)
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barn Owl (Augusta Co.)
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Rt. 642)
Chuck-will's-widow (Chincoteague)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker (Alleghany Rd. and Magotha Rd.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker*
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher (Rt. 642)
Least Flycatcher (Locust Springs)
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Locust Springs)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch (Chincoteague)
Brown Creeper (Locust Springs)
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery (Allegheny Rd.)
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Cerulean Warbler*
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler (Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR)
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler (Allegheny Rd.)
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (Rt. 642)
Savannah Sparrow (Bear Mt.)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Magotha Rd.)
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow (Locust Springs)
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak*
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Total 170 species
* - species not seen by the entire team.
Mammals:16 Species
Virginia Opossum
Shrew Sp.
Bat Sp.
White-footed Mouse
Deer Mouse
Eastern Cottontail
Appalachian Cottontail
Eastern Chipmunk
Woodchuck
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Red Fox
Common Raccoon
Striped Skunk
White-tailed Deer
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Horses at
Chincoteague
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