Mr. Atwood,
I just resent it.
Tim Hodge
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1. Hanna birds (Phoebetria@xxxxxxx)
2. Kiptopeke Challenge (JANICE FRYE)
3. FW: Kiptopeke Challenge (JANICE FRYE)
4. Common Terns, Botetourt Co. 9-6-08 (mikelpurdy@xxxxxxx)
5. Leesylvania SP, Occoquan NWR 07Sept2008
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6. Magnificent Frigatebird ESVNWR (Robert Ake)
7. Yellow-bellied Fly and Philly V at Huntley Meadows (Kings
Hwy) (Will McPhail)
8. HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (07 Sep 2008) 38 Raptors
(reports@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
9. Great Falls National Park (VA) on 9/7/08 (MNR2@xxxxxxx)
10. TS Hanna negative report, Northern Virginia, September 6
(Rob Hilton)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:59:03 EDT
From: Phoebetria@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Hanna birds
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This will be a short note!
Hanna was a mild, quick storm, with few birds obviously entrained, at least
on the coast. I will summarize what little I have heard here:
6 September
Day spent between CBBT and Sunset Beach, with a few hours looking around farm
fields. Winds never really heavy, gusting mostly in the 30s. Very little
rain at all on the coast, amazingly. A few Black Terns around, but that's
not unusual for early September. Single Lesser Black-backed Gulls at CBBT and
Kiptopeke, also normal. Essentially no terns in farm fields and few
shorebirds (no classic 'storm roosts' anywhere). Winds out of the southeast until
about 4 p.m., when they switched hard to westerly. This storm was oddly
lopsided - almost all the rain on the western side, and a very late wind switch
(what was arguably a center of circulation was almost past Maryland by the time we
got the wind switch in southeastern Virginia). We have never seen many
birds on easterlies in eastern Virginia, despite intensive watching; typically,
southwesterly and westerly winds bring birds to the east side of the Chesapeake
Bay, if they are displaced by storms.
News from farther afield was that Marshall Iliff found 4 Sooty Terns, a
Cory's Shearwater, and 10 Parasitic Jaegers at Ocean City; Ricky Davis found a Red
and 10+ Red-necked Phalaropes at Buckhorn Reservoir, NC; John Fussell had both
Bridled & Sooty Terns at Morehead City; Richard Crossley found Long-tailed &
Parasitic Jaegers, Bridled & Sooty Terns near Frisco; Les Willis had an adult
Sooty Tern at 10:45 on the Nansemond River, plus a juvenile at 12:20. On the
drive north from North Carolina, Crossley also had a Purple Gallinule cross
Route 13 at Windy's Flying Service (near Dalby's) in southern Northampton
County, VA. This was reported to be an immature, a plumage for which there are
few VA records, I think. No reports from Kerr Reservoir, which probably had
some storm birds.
7 September
Morning at CBBT produces more Black Terns, a Parasitic (Dave Schoch et al.)
and a Long-tailed and an unidentified jaeger (myself) at CBBT, a Northern
Gannet, 2 Red-necked Phalaropes, and not much else. Predawn at Sunset Beach, a
nice migration of Wood Thrush and Bobolink. A frigatebird at Mecox Bay, NY is
reported mid-morning.
Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA
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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 15:17:27 -0400
From: "JANICE FRYE" <jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Kiptopeke Challenge
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Hi all,
I find myself entering this bird-a-thon late as a replacement for a team
member who could not do it this year. While I would like to approach
individuals privately, the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory's primary
fundraiser is this coming Saturday and time is short. If you would like to
support songbird banding, hawk watches, salt marsh surveys, butterfly counts
and monarch tagging, and raptor banding please reply to me privately for
more info. If you are already familiar with the CVWOs research and simply
want to send a flat donation amount I will provide you with my address. You
can also pledge a specific amount per species which would be calculated
after the event concludes. The team name is The Augusta Bald Eagles and any
check should be made out to CVWO. All donations are tax deductible Looking
forward to hearing from you!
Jan
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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 15:22:15 -0400
From: "JANICE FRYE" <jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] FW: Kiptopeke Challenge
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Oops! I forgot to add that there is room for another team member or two if
you have been thinking about getting involved.
Let us know.
Jan
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On Behalf Of JANICE FRYE
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 3:17 PM
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Subject: [Va-bird] Kiptopeke Challenge
Hi all,
I find myself entering this bird-a-thon late as a replacement for a team
member who could not do it this year. While I would like to approach
individuals privately, the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory's primary
fundraiser is this coming Saturday and time is short. If you would like to
support songbird banding, hawk watches, salt marsh surveys, butterfly counts
and monarch tagging, and raptor banding please reply to me privately for
more info. If you are already familiar with the CVWOs research and simply
want to send a flat donation amount I will provide you with my address. You
can also pledge a specific amount per species which would be calculated
after the event concludes. The team name is The Augusta Bald Eagles and any
check should be made out to CVWO. All donations are tax deductible Looking
forward to hearing from you!
Jan
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:39:44 -0400
From: mikelpurdy@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Common Terns, Botetourt Co. 9-6-08
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With the Roanoke Valley being on the western fringe of Hanna I ventured out Saturday morning?to look for migrants that may have stopped over to wait out the rain. At Carvins Cove Reservoir 7 Common Terns were flying up and down the lake. I don't often see Commons here -?generally Forster's are encountered here?more often? during migration. I also made a stop at the Roanoke sewage plant, finding only 7 Solitary Sandpipers and 16 Killdeer. The Roanoke airport?produced 2 more Killdeer.
Mike Purdy
Roanoke, VA.
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:08:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: <stevejohnson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Leesylvania SP, Occoquan NWR 07Sept2008
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Today (Sunday) I visited Leesylvania State Park and Occoquan Bay NWR, and two other nearby locations (Metz Wetlands, near LSP; and Veterans Park, near OBNWR). I found a huge difference in "birdiness", either due to the time of day, and/or the locations (only a few miles apart from each other).
Metz was teeming with birds, singing, calling, foraging, flying, etc. I don't recall ever hearing so much singing and calling in September, as I heard there today from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM. There were a lot of very soggy, bedraggled birds there. I literally could not identify any of the sparrows.
On the other hand, my next stop, nearby Leesylvania State Park, was very quiet from 9:00 to 9:45. Visiting the bridge over the wetland, and the ridge on the Lee Historic Trail, I saw and/or heard exactly 6 birds from 5 species in 45 minutes. Veteran's Park and OBNWR were also pretty quiet, although I was able to add one warbler at Veteran's.
- Steve Johnson
Fairfax, VA
*** Metz Wetlands ***
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo (3-4, several singing continously)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (dozens, perched)
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Magnolia Warbler (3+)
American Redstart (1 juv/female)
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
*** Leesylvania State Park
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Belted Kingfisher
Carolina Wren
*** Veteran's Park
Eastern Bluebird (1 adult & 1 very juvenile)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:14:21 -0400
From: "Robert Ake" <rake@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Magnificent Frigatebird ESVNWR
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I'm reporting this for Bev Leuwenberg. She and Gerry Weinberger had a Magnificent Frigatebird fly over them while they were at ramp lane pond at Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR about 4pm today (Sun). The bird was heading south.
Robert L. Ake
6603 Catherine Street
Norfolk VA 23505
Revel in the birds you see; don't wallow in the misery of those you missed.
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 14:06:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Will McPhail <willmcphail@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Yellow-bellied Fly and Philly V at Huntley Meadows
(Kings Hwy)
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Hello all,
?
I spent the morning at Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax Co. (Kings Highway South entrance) and birded the track to the observation platform, mainly focusing on the back meadows. It was a gorgeous day with the front having past; the weather felt just right for migrants! ?I had 9 warblers in less than 2 hours including: Parula, Chestnut-sided, Canada (only one) and Black-throated Green with Redstart and Magnolia being the most numerous warbler species. ?
The 2 best sightings of the day were a very cooperative Philadelphia Vireo seen well working a clearing along the right side of the path (before the last ?meadow? on your right near the platform). The other top migrant was a calling Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (on the left side of the path after the turn from the maintenance facility). It was quite vocal for about 30 seconds and then hardly made a sound. Great Fall birds!
There seemed to be a good mix of species coming through and I noticed a strong push of Yellow-billed Cuckoos seeing over half a dozen. Things in general were quite active from 7:45 until 9:30 or so and quieted down when the wind picked up and the sun intensified. ?Beautiful day though?.
I also checked out Monticello Park in Alexandria and added Black-throated Blue to the list. Monticello had big numbers of Magnolia and Redstart as well. They must have had a great flight. I had another unidentified Empidonax there that resembled a Least but I can?t be sure given the look I had and lack of vocalization. It was a beautiful day to be out birding?..
?
Will McPhail
Burke, VA (Fairfax County)
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Message: 8
Date: 07 Sep 2008 18:09:38 -0400
From: reports@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] HSR: Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (07 Sep 2008) 38
Raptors
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Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 0 3 19
BE 0 0 10
NH 0 1 3
SS 4 8 26
CH 1 1 5
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 24 44 287
RT 1 2 2
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 7 7 11
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 0
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 1 1 2
Total: 38 67 365
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Vic Laubach
Observers: Brenda Tekin, Robert Plank
Weather:
Clear blue skies all day. Warm with temp. starting at 18*C with a high of
25*C. Hardly a cloud all day except a few clouds came in during the last 2
hours. Humidity ranged from 72% to 47%. Light breezes from NW in the
morning shifting to SW in afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Slow day. Most raptors observed between 1-4 pm.
Non-raptor Observations:
Far more hummingbirds than raptors were observed today with a total of 68.
In addition, there were lots of Chimney Swifts as well as dragonflies all
day. Five Ravens and 8 Monarchs.
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Report submitted by Brenda Tekin (bt8x@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://home.ntelos.net/~btkin/rockfish_gap_hawk_watch
Directions to site:
The Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch is held on the grounds of the Inn at Afton,
located on the southern side of Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains,
just above where I-64 (exit 99) intersects with the southern end of the
Skyline Drive and the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just east of
Waynesboro, VA and approximately 22 miles west of Charlottesville, VA.
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:05:15 EDT
From: MNR2@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Great Falls National Park (VA) on 9/7/08
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Our group of five identified 45 species. Highlights included seeing the
mergansers on the Potomac despite the rough water and the numbers of bluebirds,
pewees, phoebes and black and white warblers. This regular Sunday walk
meets at 8:00am in the Visitor's Center Courtyard. All are welcome. -- Marshall
Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 5
Mallard 12
Common Merganser 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 20
Turkey Vulture 15
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 30
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12
Eastern Phoebe 8
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 14
Carolina Wren 10
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 20
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 1
Northern Parula 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
American Redstart 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 12
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:21:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rob Hilton <aimophila10@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] TS Hanna negative report, Northern Virginia,
September 6
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Yesterday afternoon at around 4 pm, I headed down the Virginia side of the river hoping to intercept the Sooty Terns that had just been found in DC and Prince Georges County. I stopped at Roaches Run (after 4:30 pm), Daingerfield Island, the mouth of Hunting Creek, and Bellehaven Picnic area. No out-of-the-ordinary birds at any stop, not even a Common or a Black Tern. However, the velocity and volume of muddy water churning out of Hunting Creek and into the Potomac was astonishing, and saddening.
On my way home I stopped at Gravelley Point and ran into some Virginia birders. We saw Gary Allport at Hains Point, but no unusual storm birds. By this time the sky was clearing and the sun was shining. One or two Lesser Yellowlegs flew around the northern periphery of National Airport.
Best,
Rob Hilton
Silver Spring, Maryland
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