FreeLists / bristol-birds / [bristol-birds] Re: BBC Clinch River weekend results

["Mary Evans" <Mevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Wallace,

Sunday a.m. 6/16/02  at the "red barn",  John Hay spotted a singing pine
warbler.  Mike E., Larry McDaniel, Mary Erwin and I also observed the bird.

A late addition to our list!
Mary Evans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "1-A Bristol-Birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 7:56 PM
Subject: [bristol-birds] BBC Clinch River weekend results


>
> Twenty-five birders turned out with the Bristol Bird Club
> this weekend (Fri-Sat-Sun) at the Rikemo Lodge south
> of St. Paul in Russell County, VA for a fabulous three
> days of birding.
>
> Among the group was a birder from Cleveland, Ohio, who
> flew down for the weekend to participate, and two members
> of the Buchanan County Bird Club who also helped out.
>
> The event featured 19 birders canoeing almost seven miles in
> four hours to list birds along the winding and beautiful
> section of the Clinch River from Cleveland to Carterton.
>
> The river birding was made possible by The Nature
> Conservancy of Virginia who provided eight canoes and
> a river guide.  One birder brought his own canoe for a total
> of nine.
>
> At the request of The Nature Conservancy staff, we were
> asked to compile a list of birds for the areas we frequented.
> It was decided that one list would include "birds found from
> while canoeing along the river" with a second list being those
> "found at The Nature Conservancy's 100-acre Rikemo Lodge
> preserver" and the third including birds seen "elsewhere in
> the area" during the weekend.
>
> BIRDS ALONG THE RIVER (66 species):
>
> Great Blue Heron 4
> Geen Heron 4
> Wood Duck 4
> Canada Goose 21
> Mallard 1
> Borad-winged Hawk 3
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 5
> Black Vulture 4
> Turkey Vulture 10
> Mourning Dave 2
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
> Chimney Swift 2
> Belted Kingfisher 4
> Northern Flicker 2
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Pileated Woodpecker 5
> Acadian Flycatcher 10
> Greated Flycatcher 1
> Eastern Kingbird 1
> Eastern Phoebe 6
> Eastern Wood Pewee 2
> Barn Swallow 2
> N. Rough-winged Swallow 40
> Tree Swallow 10
> American Crow 20
> Blue Jay 6
> Carolina Chickadee 2
> Eastern Tufted Titmouse 4
> Carolina Wren 6
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
> Eastern Bluebird 1
> American Robin 10
> Wood Thursh 10
> Gray Catbird 10
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> European Starling 2
> Cedar Waxwing 4
> Red-eyed Vireo 30
> White-eyed Vireo 1
> Yellow-throated Vireo 1
> Yellow-breasted Chat 2
> Ovenbird 1
> Northern Parula 3
> Hooded Warbler 1
> Kentucky Warbler 1
> Yellow Warbler 3
> Yellow-throated Warbler 15
> Common Yellowthroat 1
> Scarlet Tanager 1
> Indiguo Bunting 5
> Northern Cardinal 6
> Chipping Sparrow 1
> Field Sparrow 3
> Song Sparrow 15
> Eastern Towhee 1
> Red-winged Blackbird 3
> Brown-headed Cowbird 1
> Common Grackle 20
> Eastern Meadowlark 1
> Baltimore Oriole 1
> Orchard Oriole 2
> American Goldfinch 12
>
> RIKEMO LODGE PRESERVE (45 species):
>
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Turkey Vulture 3
> Northern Bobwhite 2
> American Woodcock 1
> Mourning Dove 1
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
> Eastern Screech-Owl 3
> Chick-will's-widow 3
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
> Chimney Swift 2
> Northern Flicker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Pileated Woodpecker 3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
> Eastern Phoebe 1
> Purple Martin 1
> American Crow 5
> Blue Jay 2
> Carolina Chickadee 4
> Eastern Tufted Titmouse 35
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Carolina Wren 2
> Eastern Bluebird 3
> American Robin 3
> Wood Thrush 3
> Gray Catbird 2
> Northern Mockingbird 2
> Brown Thrasher 3
> Red-eyed Vireo 6
> White-eyed Vireo 3
> Yellow-breasted Chat 2
> Ovenbird 5
> Yellow-throated Warbler 1
> Common Yellowthroat 1
> Scarlet Tanager 1
> Indigo Bunting 6
> Northern Cardinal 7
> Chipping Sparrow 1
> Field Sparrow 1
> Song Sparrow 2
> Eastern Towhee 5
> Red-winged Blackbird 4
> Common Grackle 20
> American Goldfinch 4
>
> Other Areas frequented and birded
> between Cleveland and Rikemo Lodge
> (21 species):
>
> Great Blue Heron 1
> American Kestrel 1
> Ruffed Grouse 4
> Killdeer 4
> Mourning Dove 100
> Rock Dove 30
> Belted Kingfisher 2
> Barn Swallow 1
> American Crow 30
> Blue Jay 2
> Eastern Tufted Titmouse 2
> Eastern Bluebird 3
> Northern Mockingbird 5
> Europeal Starling 30
> Northern Parula 1
> Black-throated Green Warbler 2
> Hooded Warbler 1
> Worm-eating Warbler 1
> Louisiana Waterthrush 1
> Red-winged Blackbird 3
> Eastern Meadowlark 4
>
> A copy of this report is provided to Bill Kittrell of The Nature
Conservancy,
> Virginia Chapter, Clinch Valley Bioreserve Office
>
> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol Bird Club
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