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["Patricia" <larnersky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all 
Just got back in from my property out off of Rt 254 west where I went in search 
of a Turkey Vultures nest . The last couple of years a T V has nested at my 
property . But all of the blackberry vines & tree saplings made it hard to find 
. I struck out on the T V but while I was out there I checked out the Bluebird 
boxes . Boxes 2 & 4 were empty & boxes 1 & 3 were occupied . Box 3 had 5 
Bluebird eggs & box 1 had a Carolina Chickadee sitting on the nest . This same 
box last year hosted a Carolina Chickadee who had 11 eggs & 9 birds fledged . 
After getting this tiny bird to move to see how many eggs she had , to my 
surprise she had 7 little ones that had just hatched out today & 2 eggs that 
have not hatched as of yet . After leaving my property I checked out a small 
pond off of National Ave. about a half mile from Rt250 in the city limits of 
Staunton . You would turn on N. Center Dr. & follow it to the end . There I 
found two Pied -- billed Grebes . I will keep a check on these birds for 
nesting if they would stay around .

Other birds seen today while at work were as follows at a day care center 
behind DMV in Staunton .
Wood Thrush 
Blue -- winged Warbler
Yellow -- rumped Warbler 
Indigo Bunting 

Allen Larner 
Staunton

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