[va-bird] Re: Fwd: Brown-headed Nuthatch, Jan 1 2006, Occoquan Regional Park, Fairfax Co.

["Kurt Gaskill" <KurtCapt87@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

VA BIRDers,

The Brown-headed Nuthatch was present at about 0900 today a bit north of the
second red brick street drain on the entrance road into Occoquan Regional
Park.  Along the road were 2 Winter Wrens. As I walked back to my car, a
Cackling Goose flew overhead in the company of two Canada Geese.

Near the new High School by the golf course a Horned Lark was spotted flying
past.  At the entrance to Sandy Run Regional Park the Pine Siskin was still
present.

Kurt Gaskill

-----Original Message-----
From: va-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:va-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paula Sullivan
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:14 PM
To: VA-Bird; Rob Hilton
Subject: [va-bird] Fwd: Brown-headed Nuthatch, Jan 1 2006, Occoquan Regional
Park, Fairfax Co.

VA-Birders,

Rob Hilton asked me to post the following for him. Glad he had  
success!  I was there from about 10:20-10:50 and did not see or hear  
it. Looks like seeing the bird might require a little more patience  
than I had!

Paula Sullivan
Alexandria

> I arrived at Occoquan Regional Park just after 11 am.
> Howard Elitzak was also there, and we stayed in the
> park until about 2:30 pm.  Our first encounter with
> the Brown-headed Nuthatch was at about 12:30 pm, and
> we had other encounters until about 1:25 pm.  During
> this last encounter we both saw the bird for several
> seconds at a time, and I had a clear naked-eye view as
> it flew across the road and down the hill, while
> Howard was able to see brown on its head as it moved
> around in a tree canopy.  The bird was not calling
> very much, but when it did, its rapid-fire nasal call
> (which I can't describe well beyond "it was a
> Brown-headed Nutchatch call") was distinctly heard.
> The bird didn't seem to call much unless Carolina
> Chickadees were calling, and the chickadees were
> neither calling nor very active today.
>
> Between about 1120 or so and 1220, Howard and I walked
> slowly down the road to the river, and a little way
> along the river.  Along the river were several Myrtle
> Warblers, a Brown Creeper, a silent White-breasted
> Nuthatch, a Golden-crowned Kinglet, a titmouse, a
> couple of chickadees, and a Carolina Wren.  It wasn't
> until we had walked back up the hill that Howard heard
> the nuthatch.
>
> At first, the bird was between the first and second
> brick things redirecting the water flow (as Sue so
> ably put it yesterday), and on the right (west) side
> of the road.  It later flew downhill to between the
> second and third brick things, and was on the left
> (east) side of the road.  Note that the first water
> directing thing isn't all brick; the second water
> directing thing is all brick and is what I am calling
> the first brick thing.  If I remember correctly, the
> third brick thing is the final brick thing and has
> some very small conifers adjacent to it.
>
> Happy New Year,
>
> Rob Hilton
> aimophila10@xxxxxxxxx
> Silver Spring, Maryland
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• References:
  • [va-bird] Fwd: Brown-headed Nuthatch, Jan 1 2006, Occoquan Regional Park, Fairfax Co.
    • From: Paula Sullivan

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