Re: [Va-bird] va-bird Digest, Vol 41, Issue 19

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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:14:04 -0400

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   1. Re: Re bird names in postings (Janice Frye)
   2. HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (12 Sep 2010) 170 Raptors
      (reports@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
   3. Connecticut Warbler at Huntley Meadows
      (Pam Koger-Jesup and Ben Jesup)
   4. Re: Re bird names in postings (Mary Ann Good)
   5. Re: Northampton County, Custis Tomb Rd (Eastern Shore)
      (Janice Frye)
   6. Re: Re bird names in postings (Marian Kirk)
   7. Backyard bird question (Allen Hart)
   8. Dyke Marsh, Frfx Co, 12 Sept 2010 (Kurt Gaskill)
   9. Chincoteague (Lee Adams)

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:29:19 -0400
From: "Janice Frye" <jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings
To: "'Marian Kirk'" <mariangk@xxxxxxxxxxx>,     <mlowry@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Marian/Ann:

I bet software is doing all that extra typing that is so bad for some people
with old injuries.  Not everyone has the same technology or the same
mobility as others on the listserve.  As you build relationships with other
birders the neighborhood lake might take on more significance once you know
where they live and bird.  If not, I have been known to send a one word
question to the person privately--for instance, "Accotink?" and I don't need
to bother the listserve with it.  The person will learn to put the name in
so they don't have to answer a bunch of emails from those who are
interested.

Those of us who are juggling as fast as we can take encouragement from
knowing we aren't the only one who has to squeeze in birding during those
odd bits of time, so yes we will comment that we were picking up the kids or
running errands.  If someone doesn't like that sort of thing it is simple to
delete the post instead of getting worked up about it.

Due to the frequent complaining that occurs sometimes on here and other
listserves, some people decide to quit posting or never post rather than be
bothered by snippy private and public messages.  Those people are out there!
Laura Kammermeier recently wrote about declining memberships in birding
organizations everywhere--is it just the economy, or do harsh interactions
also contribute?  It is hard to keep up the enthusiasm and keep showing the
love when you feel like you're being pecked to death by ducks (it's an old
saying, so please no technical critiques involving anatomy, etc.  I know
ducks don't do that, but it describes the feeling well).

Quoting the moderator from 9/17/09:  "10.  DELETE KEY.  The subscribers of
Va-Bird are a diverse group, but we're all here for the same reason: we love
birds and birding.  If a particular posting or thread is bothersome to you,
use your DELETE KEY first.  If it continues to bother you, CONTACT THE
LISTOWNER at va-bird-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.  Let the listowner or moderator
determine what is appropriate or inappropriate for the list."  I have been
astonished at the things that presumably mature adults will occasionally
write to me regarding subjects from this listserve.  I use my delete key
often now, and there are places I will not volunteer or donate money any
more.  Life's too short.  I'm done here.

Jan
Richmond

-----Original Message-----
From: Marian Kirk [mailto:mariangk@xxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:12 PM
To: mlowry@xxxxxxxx
Cc: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings

Have you noticed that Ned Brinkley posts the complete English name and
ALSO the scientific name.  Surely we can follow his example at least
with complete English name.  It would help many of us.

I also agree with the post suggesting more complete geographic
information.  "Seen at the neighborhood lake" tells me absolutely
nothing.

Another suggestion... keep it simple.  We don't need to know you were
driving to the grocery store after taking a child to school, or on the
way home from Sunday church.

Ann Kirk
Cape Henry Audubon
Chesapeake, VA

On Sep 12, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Michael Lowry wrote:

One compromise might be to use the 4-letter Alpha codes long used by
banders.  Here is a web link to acompilation from the Bird Population
Institute sorted in phylogenetic order and in alphabetic order by
common
name.

http://www.birdpop.org/alphacodes.htm

The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has them sorted by common name
and by
the alphacode.

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/bandsize.htm

Note that the example given of BTGW is not such a code because it is
not
unique.
For a fall, Virginia  sighting, an (East Coast) Black-throated Green
Warbler[BTNW] is not unusual but a (West Coast) Black-throated Grey
Warbler[BTYW] would be an outstanding rarity.

Mike Lowry
Newport News, VA

-----Original Message-----
From: KarenNyere@xxxxxxx [mailto:KarenNyere@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:52 PM
To: pbsullivan2@xxxxxx; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings

Here, here to Paula and Mike!  Karen Nyere Alexandria

In a message dated 9/12/2010 10:41:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pbsullivan2@xxxxxx writes:

Just want to second the motion for Mike Webster's posting re bird
names  but
add another point insofar as postings are concerned.
Too  often the poster assumes familiarity with their local birding
geography.  Please!
let us all know where that bird is that you are so excited about.
It isn't
enough to name
some road or feature that only folks in your  locality know. This is
a huge
state, tons
of territory. Put the city or  county in that posting as we so often
have
no idea where
you are talking  about.
P.B. Sullivan,
Spotsylvania County
Postscript: my hummer  brigade numbers fewer each day.

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Message: 2
Date: 12 Sep 2010 21:09:51 -0400
From: reports@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (12 Sep 2010) 170 Raptors
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <20100913013551.14437.qmail@xxxxxxxxx>

Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2010
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture               0              0              0
Osprey                       5              7              8
Bald Eagle                   5              8             10
Northern Harrier             0              0              0
Sharp-shinned Hawk           2              2              2
Cooper's Hawk                3              3              5
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              0
Broad-winged Hawk          149            356            363
Red-tailed Hawk              1              4              4
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              1              1
American Kestrel             5              5              5
Merlin                       0              0              0
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              0
Mississippi Kite             0              1              1

Total:                     170            387            399
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end   time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours

Official Counter:        Thomas O. Hunter

Observers:        Bob Riggs, David Raines, Jennifer Meade, Roger Mayhorn

Visitors:
Dan Kendrick was visiting from Ohio for Warbler Day on Compton Mountain and
he brought along Allen and Nathan Mast for their first hawk watch
experience.

Weather:
Mostly sunny after 10am. Winds were from the NNW to N at 5 to 7 mph all
day. Cloud cover was adequate for most of the day.

Raptor Observations:
Flights were fairly steady all day but still no pattern. One group of
Broadwings would  e very high and the nest would be eye level.

Non-raptor Observations:

========================================================================
Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)

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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:01:54 -0400
From: "Pam Koger-Jesup and Ben Jesup" <breep@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Connecticut Warbler at Huntley Meadows
To: "Va-Bird" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,  "Jason Waanders"
        <jwaanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,      "Mathews, Jim"
<jimmathews05@xxxxxxxxx>,
        <Nitpickers@xxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <006a01cb52e7$a462ea20$ed28be60$@com>
Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"

I had a wet but satisfying morning on the Hike/Bike Trail on Sunday.  I
found several small mixed flocks-not huge numbers but good diversity.  There
were also great views of close shorebirds from the boardwalk.  The CT
warbler was at just past the last brush pile to the left of the platform; I
got long looks from about 15 feet.  It was a very grungy-looking first-year
bird.  Despite only a weak eye-ring, I ruled out mourning warbler because:
it had almost no yellow; it walked rather than hopped on a branch; and it
had a big, thrush-like bill.  Other noteworthy birds (a total of 11 species
of warbler):

Sora 1

Solitary sandpiper 1

Greater yellowlegs 1

Lesser y-legs 6

Semipalm. Sandpiper 2

Least sand. 15

Pectoral sand. 5

YB cuckoo 2

Swift 5

Acadian 1

Great crested fly 1

WE vireo 2

REV 2

House wren 3

Gnatcatcher 2

Wood thrush 1

Catbird 6

Thrasher 1

Waxwing 1

Parula 3

Chestnut-sided warbler 3

Magnolia 2

BTG 1

B&W 2

Redstart 6 (1 adult male)

Ovenbird 1

Yellowthroat 17

Wilson's 1 (possibly a hooded, not a great look)

Canada 1

Scarlet tanager 1

Indigo bunting 3

Ben Jesup

Alexandria

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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:05:13 -0400
From: "Mary Ann Good" <magood1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings
To: "'Janice Frye'" <jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,      "'Marian Kirk'"
        <mariangk@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <mlowry@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Jan, I hope "I'm done here" isn't meant with as much finality as it sounds.
We need people with civility like you to hang in there and help keep the
camaraderie in it, of which there can be so much in birding but somehow can
also be lost among certain of us.  I always appreciate your genuine interest
in the people behind the birding that I can sense in your short, sweet
responses to posts--stay with us, please!

Mary Ann

-----Original Message-----
From: Janice Frye [mailto:jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 9:29 PM
To: 'Marian Kirk'; mlowry@xxxxxxxx
Cc: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings

Marian/Ann:

I bet software is doing all that extra typing that is so bad for some people
with old injuries.  Not everyone has the same technology or the same
mobility as others on the listserve.  As you build relationships with other
birders the neighborhood lake might take on more significance once you know
where they live and bird.  If not, I have been known to send a one word
question to the person privately--for instance, "Accotink?" and I don't need
to bother the listserve with it.  The person will learn to put the name in
so they don't have to answer a bunch of emails from those who are
interested.

Those of us who are juggling as fast as we can take encouragement from
knowing we aren't the only one who has to squeeze in birding during those
odd bits of time, so yes we will comment that we were picking up the kids or
running errands.  If someone doesn't like that sort of thing it is simple to
delete the post instead of getting worked up about it.

Due to the frequent complaining that occurs sometimes on here and other
listserves, some people decide to quit posting or never post rather than be
bothered by snippy private and public messages.  Those people are out there!
Laura Kammermeier recently wrote about declining memberships in birding
organizations everywhere--is it just the economy, or do harsh interactions
also contribute?  It is hard to keep up the enthusiasm and keep showing the
love when you feel like you're being pecked to death by ducks (it's an old
saying, so please no technical critiques involving anatomy, etc.  I know
ducks don't do that, but it describes the feeling well).

Quoting the moderator from 9/17/09:  "10.  DELETE KEY.  The subscribers of
Va-Bird are a diverse group, but we're all here for the same reason: we love
birds and birding.  If a particular posting or thread is bothersome to you,
use your DELETE KEY first.  If it continues to bother you, CONTACT THE
LISTOWNER at va-bird-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.  Let the listowner or moderator
determine what is appropriate or inappropriate for the list."  I have been
astonished at the things that presumably mature adults will occasionally
write to me regarding subjects from this listserve.  I use my delete key
often now, and there are places I will not volunteer or donate money any
more.  Life's too short.  I'm done here.

Jan
Richmond

-----Original Message-----
From: Marian Kirk [mailto:mariangk@xxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:12 PM
To: mlowry@xxxxxxxx
Cc: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings

Have you noticed that Ned Brinkley posts the complete English name and
ALSO the scientific name.  Surely we can follow his example at least
with complete English name.  It would help many of us.

I also agree with the post suggesting more complete geographic
information.  "Seen at the neighborhood lake" tells me absolutely
nothing.

Another suggestion... keep it simple.  We don't need to know you were
driving to the grocery store after taking a child to school, or on the
way home from Sunday church.

Ann Kirk
Cape Henry Audubon
Chesapeake, VA

On Sep 12, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Michael Lowry wrote:

One compromise might be to use the 4-letter Alpha codes long used by
banders.  Here is a web link to acompilation from the Bird Population
Institute sorted in phylogenetic order and in alphabetic order by
common
name.

http://www.birdpop.org/alphacodes.htm

The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has them sorted by common name
and by
the alphacode.

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/bandsize.htm

Note that the example given of BTGW is not such a code because it is
not
unique.
For a fall, Virginia  sighting, an (East Coast) Black-throated Green
Warbler[BTNW] is not unusual but a (West Coast) Black-throated Grey
Warbler[BTYW] would be an outstanding rarity.

Mike Lowry
Newport News, VA

-----Original Message-----
From: KarenNyere@xxxxxxx [mailto:KarenNyere@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:52 PM
To: pbsullivan2@xxxxxx; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings

Here, here to Paula and Mike!  Karen Nyere Alexandria

In a message dated 9/12/2010 10:41:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pbsullivan2@xxxxxx writes:

Just want to second the motion for Mike Webster's posting re bird
names  but
add another point insofar as postings are concerned.
Too  often the poster assumes familiarity with their local birding
geography.  Please!
let us all know where that bird is that you are so excited about.
It isn't
enough to name
some road or feature that only folks in your  locality know. This is
a huge
state, tons
of territory. Put the city or  county in that posting as we so often
have
no idea where
you are talking  about.
P.B. Sullivan,
Spotsylvania County
Postscript: my hummer  brigade numbers fewer each day.

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Jan, I am sorry I hit a nerve with you on so many levels.  You
brought things to my attention I had not considered.  So I won't
complain anymore  In fact I have written privately to you requesting
further information about location of birds because my son lives not
far from you in Richmond.. knew I would be up there and wanted to
see too.

Ann Kirk

On Sep 12, 2010, at 9:29 PM, Janice Frye wrote:

Marian/Ann:

I bet software is doing all that extra typing that is so bad for
some people
with old injuries.  Not everyone has the same technology or the same
mobility as others on the listserve.  As you build relationships
with other
birders the neighborhood lake might take on more significance once
you know
where they live and bird.  If not, I have been known to send a one
word
question to the person privately--for instance, "Accotink?" and I
don't need
to bother the listserve with it.  The person will learn to put the
name in
so they don't have to answer a bunch of emails from those who are
interested.

Those of us who are juggling as fast as we can take encouragement
from
knowing we aren't the only one who has to squeeze in birding during
those
odd bits of time, so yes we will comment that we were picking up
the kids or
running errands.  If someone doesn't like that sort of thing it is
simple to
delete the post instead of getting worked up about it.

Due to the frequent complaining that occurs sometimes on here and
other
listserves, some people decide to quit posting or never post rather
than be
bothered by snippy private and public messages.  Those people are
out there!
Laura Kammermeier recently wrote about declining memberships in
birding
organizations everywhere--is it just the economy, or do harsh
interactions
also contribute?  It is hard to keep up the enthusiasm and keep
showing the
love when you feel like you're being pecked to death by ducks (it's
an old
saying, so please no technical critiques involving anatomy, etc.  I
know
ducks don't do that, but it describes the feeling well).

Quoting the moderator from 9/17/09:  "10.  DELETE KEY.  The
subscribers of
Va-Bird are a diverse group, but we're all here for the same
reason: we love
birds and birding.  If a particular posting or thread is bothersome
to you,
use your DELETE KEY first.  If it continues to bother you, CONTACT
THE
LISTOWNER at va-bird-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.  Let the listowner or
moderator
determine what is appropriate or inappropriate for the list."  I
have been
astonished at the things that presumably mature adults will
occasionally
write to me regarding subjects from this listserve.  I use my
delete key
often now, and there are places I will not volunteer or donate
money any
more.  Life's too short.  I'm done here.

Jan
Richmond

-----Original Message-----
From: Marian Kirk [mailto:mariangk@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:12 PM
To: mlowry@xxxxxxxx
Cc: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings

Have you noticed that Ned Brinkley posts the complete English name
and
ALSO the scientific name.  Surely we can follow his example at least
with complete English name.  It would help many of us.

I also agree with the post suggesting more complete geographic
information.  "Seen at the neighborhood lake" tells me absolutely
nothing.

Another suggestion... keep it simple.  We don't need to know you were
driving to the grocery store after taking a child to school, or on
the
way home from Sunday church.

Ann Kirk
Cape Henry Audubon
Chesapeake, VA

On Sep 12, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Michael Lowry wrote:

One compromise might be to use the 4-letter Alpha codes long used by
banders.  Here is a web link to acompilation from the Bird
Population
Institute sorted in phylogenetic order and in alphabetic order by
common
name.

http://www.birdpop.org/alphacodes.htm

The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has them sorted by common name
and by
the alphacode.

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/bandsize.htm

Note that the example given of BTGW is not such a code because it is
not
unique.
For a fall, Virginia  sighting, an (East Coast) Black-throated Green
Warbler[BTNW] is not unusual but a (West Coast) Black-throated Grey
Warbler[BTYW] would be an outstanding rarity.

Mike Lowry
Newport News, VA

-----Original Message-----
From: KarenNyere@xxxxxxx [mailto:KarenNyere@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:52 PM
To: pbsullivan2@xxxxxx; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Re bird names in postings

Here, here to Paula and Mike!  Karen Nyere Alexandria

In a message dated 9/12/2010 10:41:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pbsullivan2@xxxxxx writes:

Just want to second the motion for Mike Webster's posting re bird
names  but
add another point insofar as postings are concerned.
Too  often the poster assumes familiarity with their local birding
geography.  Please!
let us all know where that bird is that you are so excited about.
It isn't
enough to name
some road or feature that only folks in your  locality know. This is
a huge
state, tons
of territory. Put the city or  county in that posting as we so often
have
no idea where
you are talking  about.
P.B. Sullivan,
Spotsylvania County
Postscript: my hummer  brigade numbers fewer each day.

_______________________________________________
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Thank  you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia
Society of
Ornithology.  Please consider joining the  VSO.
http://www.virginiabirds.net/

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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:05:11 -0400
From: Allen Hart <hartal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Backyard bird question
To: va-bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I had an unexpected visitor to my backyard feeder today:

   http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/128366137

I have had Rose-breasted Grosbeak visitors before, but not very often.
Maybe one time a year - though I'm pretty sure I've had years where I did
not see one.

I'm curious - all you VA-Bird subscribers with feeders in your backyards -
how often do you see Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at the feeders in your yard?

Please respond to me off list - I don't want the list to get flooded with
the responses.  I'll summarize the responses I get.

-- allen hart
-- Herndon, VA

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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:27:23 -0400
From: "Kurt Gaskill" <KurtCapt87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Dyke Marsh, Frfx Co, 12 Sept 2010
To: <Va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <000001cb532e$41b14a10$c513de30$@net>
Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"

VA BIRDers,

I had heard the rain in the middle of the night and immediately thought this
would be good for the Sunday morning Field Trip to Dyke Marsh, sponsored by
the Friends of Dyke Marsh and open to all comers.  And the misty, drizzly
weather at 730 am brought visions of "Great Day" to my mind's eye.  And it
was - possibly the best autumn birding day at Dyke in recent memory!  Two
others joined me and we could not stop until 1230 pm as the migrants kept
coming and coming.  A big wave started in the picnic area near the boat ramp
to Ramp Rd, then scattered pockets along the trail, very good showings on
the dogleg, and when we almost got back to the cars another huge wave moving
into the picnic area from the island of trees near Ramp Rd.  About 80
species were seen, best highlights were Black Tern, Least Flycatcher,
Philadelphia Vireo, Blue-winged Warbler + 16 other warbler species, and
Bobolink. Big movements of Blue-winged Teals, No. Rough-winged Swallows,
Magnolia Warblers, Common Yellowthroats and Gray Catbirds were noted.  The
list is below.

Kurt Gaskill

C. Goose 20

Gadwall 2

Am. Wigeon 2

Am. Black Duck 2 (found at 6pm)

Mallard 60

Blue-winged Teal 80

No. Shoveler 25

Green-winged Teal 1

Ruddy Duck 1

Pied-billed Grebe 7

DC Cormorant 12

Great Blue Heron 19

Great Egret 8

Bald Eagle 4

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (obs. near the golf course engaging a crow)

Red-shouldered Hawk 1

Am. Coot 3

Greater Yellowlegs 6

Lesser Yellowlegs 40

Least Sandpiper 1 (found at 6pm)

Pectoral Sandpiper 2

L. Gull 750

RB Gull 200

Caspian Tern 40

Forster's Tern 50

Black Tern 1

Mourning Dove 2

C. Swift 60

RT Hummer 3

Belted Kingfisher 1

Red-bellied WP 4

Downy WP 6

No. Flicker 1

E. Wood Pewee 6

Trail's Flycatcher 1

Least Flycatcher 1

E. Phoebe 4

Philadelphia V 1

Red-eyed V 4

Blue Jay 10

Am. Crow 2

Fish Crow 1

Tree Sw 2

No. Rough-winged Sw 40

Barn Sw 5

C. Chickadee 12

T. Titmouse 8

White-br Nuthatch 4

C. Wren 14

H. Wren 4

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2

Am. Robin 10, one very spotted noted

Gray Catbird 24

E. Starling 15

Blue-winged W 1

No. Parula 4

Yellow 4

Chestnut-sided 3

Magnolia 12

Black-thr Blue 1

Black-thr Green 1

Prairie 3

Palm 2 (western)

Bay-breasted 3

Blackpoll 4

Black & White 1

Am. Redstart 6

No. Waterthrush 2

Com. Yellowthroat 27

Wilson's 4

Canada 1

Song Sp 3

No. Cardinal 20

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Indigo Bunting 5

Bobolink 1

Red-winged BB 200

Com. Grackle 3

Brown-headed Cowbird 2

House Finch 2

Am. Goldfinch 12

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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:19:39 -0400
From: Lee Adams <leeloudenslageradams@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Chincoteague
To: "BIRD, VA-" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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After a weekend filled with wonderful friends from VSO and great weather
(yes, especially the rain) I topped off my weekend tally on the Wildlife
Loop with another view of the White-Checked Pintail, then had a singing
Marsh Wren with a Sora in the foreground.

--
Lee Loudenslager Adams
Suggett's Point Warsaw, VA
Fredericksburg, VA

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