FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: Rockingham County, VA, US , 3/11/07

["William Leigh" <leightern@xxxxxxx>]

All,

A morning of birding in Rockingham county with a focus on ducks produced a 
few birds. See list below.

Cold Spring Pond on 615 off 42 north of Timberville had a nice variety of 
ducks including; Redheads, Canvasback, Hooded M, Pied billed Grebe, Coot, 
Ring-necked. The pond at corner of 704 and RT 11 in Bridgewater had 
Redheads, Canvasback and lots of Green-winged Teal. Lake Shenandoah - 
regulars only. Tundra Swan at Lake Campbell along with Canvassback, 
Redheads.
>Number of species:     34
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>Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     150
>Mute Swan - Cygnus olor     2
>Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus     1
>Gadwall - Anas strepera     5
>Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     15
>Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca     10
>Canvasback - Aythya valisineria     10
>Redhead - Aythya americana     10
>Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris     11
>Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus     5
>Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis     1
>Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps     4
>Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus     2
>Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura     5
>Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis     3
>American Kestrel - Falco sparverius     1
>American Coot - Fulica americana     55
>Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus     1
>Rock Pigeon - Columba livia     7
>Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon     1
>Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     2
>American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     2
>Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis     2
>Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis     4
>American Robin - Turdus migratorius     2
>Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     1
>European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris     5
>Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata     1
>Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     1
>White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys     4
>Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     2
>Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major     1
>Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater     100
>House Sparrow - Passer domesticus     2

William Leigh
Bridgewater VA
leightern@xxxxxxx

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