VA-Birders,
The Sept. 13 field trip for the Hampton Roads Bird Club was held Sat AM, at
York River State Park. We had 15 participants and tallied 55 species. It was a
hot, humid day so bird activity dropped off later in the morning. Still, we had
a great trip. One surprise was that two of the most abundant species seen/heard
were PINE WARBLER and WHITE-EYED VIREO, which were found in almost every area
we explored.
Across from the entrance fee gate, we all had excellent looks at a
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. Several people saw a B&W WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART
there as well.
Other highlights included:
- all 6 species of our local woodpeckers
- 3 very active GREEN HERON, which flew together back and forth across
Woodstock Pond several times
- SUMMER TANAGER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE females - beautiful colors in both
- a flyover group of 9 CEDAR WAXWING
See complete list of species recorded below.
Our next field trip is October 11 to the Eastern Shore. Details are on our
website, if you'd like to join us:
http://www.hamptonroadsbirdclub.org/fieldtrips.asp
Meredith Bell
Hayes, VA
Location: York River State Park
Observation date: 9/13/08
Number of species: 55
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Clapper Rail 1
Killdeer 2
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 2
Royal Tern 2
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
White-eyed Vireo 8
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Eastern Bluebird 12
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Cedar Waxwing 9
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 13
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Summer Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 7
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 10
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
