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[RonEHarrin@xxxxxxx]

Here are the results of the Glade Spring, VA Christmas Bird Count, conducted 
on January 2, 2005. A total of 16 participants counted 69 species and 10,406 
individual birds. This is compared to 66 species and 6,369 individuals last 
year. The weather was relatively mild with mostly clear in the morning to 
mostly 
cloudy at the end of the day. There were a few very light showers in the 
afternoon, with temperatures ranging from a low of 33 in the a.m. to a maximum 
of 
61. The wind was slight and variable. 
This count, started in 1955, is located in Washington County, VA, and is 
sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club.

Participants by Area and Total Species:

Area A: Ron Harrington, Bob Quillen-40 Species

Area B: Mike Hagy, Randy Smith-38 Species

Area C: Ed Morgan, Peter Morgan, Melissa Chappell, Holly Horton-46 Species

Area D: Wallace Coffey, Chris O'Bryan, Andy Jones-43 Species.

Area E: Joann Detta, Marty Huber-38 Species.

Area F: Betty Edmondson, Diane Harris, and Steve Hopp-47 Species. 

Species Observed This Year But Not Last Year:

Pied-billed Grebe(3), Northern Pintail(1), American Wigeon(2), Ruffed 
Grouse(4), Wild Turkey(3), House Wren(1), N. Saw-Whet Owl(1), Barn Owl(5), 
Chipping 
Sparrow(5), Savannah Sparrow(50), Red-winged Black Bird(10), Common 
Grackle(543), American Pipit(76), and Black-crowned Night Heron(2)

Species Counted Last Year But Not Found This Count:

Ross's Goose(1), Green-winged Teal(2), Cooper's Hawk(4), Golden Eagle(1), 
Black-capped Chickadee(4), American Robin(27), Gray Catbird(1), Brown 
Thrasher(1), Cedar Waxwing(41), Yellow-rumped Warbler(12), Swamp Sparrow(3).

Species Totals:

Pied-billed Grebe:     3          Great Blue Heron:     21          Canada 
Goose:     125
Am. Black Duck:     25          Mallard Duck:          266         Northern 
Pintail:    1
Gadwall:                   8           Am. Wigeon:             2            
Black Vulture:      109
Turkey Vulture:      111         Northern Harrier:       1            
Sharp-shinned H.: 6
Red-tailed Hawk:     32          Am. Kestrel:            24            Ruffed 
Grouse:     4
Wild Turkey:            3            Am. Coot:                6             
Wilson's Snipe:      5
Killdeer:                   18          Rock Pigeon:          586           
Mourning Dove:    542
E. Screech Owl:       12          Gr. Horned Owl:      4              N. 
Saw-Whet Owl: 1
Barn Owl:                 5            Belted Kingfisher:   14           
Red-bellied WP:     29             Yellow-bellied SS: 7              
Black-crowned 
Night Heron: 2
Downy WP:             37          Hairy WP:               4                N. 
Flicker:            21
Pileated WP:               8           Eastern Phoebe:     4         Horned 
Lark:             50
Blue Jay:                   146         Am. Crow:          456        N. 
Raven:                    5
Carolina Chickadee: 117         Tufted Titmouse: 87         White-breasted 
NH:    53
Brown Creeper:          1           Carolina Wren:     123       House Wren:  
             1
Winter Wren:             1           Golden-crowned Kinglet: 43
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 4       Eastern Bluebird:     81       N. Mockingbird:  
     67
Loggerhead Shrike:    1          E. Starling:        4933          N. 
Cardinal:             242
Eastern Towhee:      12           Chipping Sparrow: 5          Field Sparrow: 
           7
Savannah Sparrow:   50          Song Sparrow:   303          White-throated 
SP:   238
White-crowned SP: 285         Dark-eyed Junco: 39          Red-winged Black 
Bird: 10
Eastern Meadowlark: 9          Common Grackle: 543       Brown-headed Cow 
Bird: 50
Purple Finch: 5                      House Finch:        36          American 
Goldfinch:   111
House Sparrow:    170           American Pipit:  76            
 
I want to extend my appreciation to all who participated this year. And I 
especially want to thank Betty and Frank Edmondson for hosting the compilation 
dinner at their old family farm house near Meadowview. The food and fellowship 
were great; and there was something special about sharing all this in an old 
house that has been in their family for over 200 years! I'm sure the spirit of 
their ancestors smiled on the occasion. I sure did!

Ron Harrington
Compiler
Bristol, VA


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