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VA Birders -

As you can tell, Kurt Gaskill has been having something strange happen to his 
computer lately.  Here's the message he's been trying to send:

Bart

In a message dated 1/5/2004 7:31:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, KurtCapt87 
writes:

> VA BIRDers,
> 
> Bats, painted turtles and snakes, butterflies and moths, and spring peepers 
> galore met participants on the Fort Belvoir CBC this past Sunday.  Most of 
> the reports are in and so here is a tentative summary of highlights found 
> during the count.
> 
> The total number of species reported was 116.  Highlight of the count were 
> the outstanding observations of not one but TWO Harris's Sparrows at Julie 
> Metz Wetlands, Pr. Wm. Co.  I am in agreement with Marc Ribaudo that few 
> other 
> counts (if any!) recorded this species east of the Mississippi!
> 
> Other great finds on the count were Great Egret and Blue-winged Teal at 
> Jackson Abbott Wildlife Refuge, Snow Goose in the Lorton area, Merlins at 
> Huntley 
> Meadows and Accotink Wildlife Refuge, Peregrine Falcon in Maryland, No. 
> Bobwhite and King Rail (wow!) at Occoquan Bay NWR, Lesser Yellowlegs at 
> Huntley 
> Meadows, multiple sites with displaying American Woodcock, Laughing Gulls at 
> Neabsco Cr., Red-breasted Nuthatches at a few sites including Mason Neck NWR, 
> House Wren at Accotink Wildlife Refuge, Gray Catbirds, Brown Thrashers at 
> Pohick NVRP Golf Course and Mason Neck NWR, Am. Pipit at Meadowood (BLM), 
> Pine 
> Warblers at multiple sites including Huntley Meadows (Telegraph Rd entrance 
> trail), Common Yellowthroat at Occ. Bay NWR, Chipping Sparrows at multiple 
> sites, and Pine Siskins near Hayfield (Huntley Sector).  Count week birds 
> were 
> California Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Clay-colored Sparrow.  Biggest 
> miss was probably Horned Grebe.  Once everything is in, I will provide a more 
> detailed report.
> 
> Let me exclaim a hearty "hoo-rah" to all participants for doing an 
> outstanding job!  Christmas Bird Counts are one of the few ways Jane and John 
> Doe can 
> contribute to our understanding of environment and provide hard data that can 
> influence land-use decisions.  Thank You!
> 
> Kurt Gaskill
> compiler &chief dishwasher, FT B CBC




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