FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Some Fauquier miscellany, 8 March

[BlkVulture@xxxxxxx]

Hola,
 
I spent an hour or so before work this morning birding a couple locations  
near Warrenton, in Fauquier County, mostly focused on waterfowl.  Birds  found 
at the first location:
 
Canada Goose     30
Trumpeter Swan     1;  this neck-collared bird was banded in Ohio, part of 
the reintroduction program  going on there.  This bird was first noticed at 
Airlie 28 Nov; it's the  second Ohio bird found in Fauquier. 
Tundra Swan      33
American Black Duck     2
Mallard      2
Green-winged Teal     1 drake
Ring-necked Duck   77;  64 drakes, 13 hens
Lesser Scaup     2,  both drakes.
Bufflehead     24, 
Common Merganser   6
Ruddy Duck     10
Bald Eagle   2; one on nest. 
Red-shouldered Hawk      2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel      1
Mourning Dove     6
Great Horned Owl      1; calling at eight-thirty AM. 
Red-bellied Woodpecker      2
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker   2
American Crow     12
Fish Crow   24
Carolina Chickadee     3
Tufted  Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch      1
Carolina Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet   1
Eastern Bluebird     15
American Robin   3
Northern Mockingbird     24
European  Starling     7
Cedar Waxwing     9
American  Tree Sparrow     13
Field Sparrow     7
Song  Sparrow     30
White-throated Sparrow      5
Dark-eyed Junco     33
Northern Cardinal   22
Red-winged Blackbird     19
Eastern  Meadowlark     6
American Goldfinch     6
 
The second location had the following:
 
Canada Goose     20
American Wigeon      120
Mallard     6
Ring-necked Duck      30
Lesser Scaup     2
Bufflehead      18
Ruddy Duck     60
Red-tailed Hawk      1

Cheers, 
 
Todd
 
 
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Todd Michael  Day
Jeffersonton, VA,  USA
blkvulture@xxxxxxx
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