FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: Sora, Kentucky Warbler, Grasshopper Sp Rockingham Co.

["William Leigh" <leightern@xxxxxxx>]

All,

Birded Eastern Rockingham County and Grand Caverns which I believe to be 
just barely  in Augusta county. Grand Caverns was pretty decent with FOY for 
Blackthroated Blue, Chestnut-sided,  and Kentucky Warbler, plus two 
Yellow-billed Cuckoos.

In Rockingham County I was fortunate to get scope views on a Grasshopper 
Sparrow on backroad to Leonard's Pond near intersection with 955 or is it 
905? Leonards Pond was dead for the most part with just a single Yellowlegs 
present and 2 Killdeer. The Pond at Green Valley Auction was really busy 
with lots of Shorebirds but just 4 species that I could detect; Solitary, 
both Yellowlegs and Spotted.

There is a Wetlands area along Port Republic Road between 340 and the 
Shenandoah National Park on your right near a cemetary. This looks to be 
excellent habitat but I have never found any birds there of note til today 
when I heard but did not see 2 Soras. Madison Run was dead for some reason 
but the back road between Madison Run and Island Ford was decent.

Sincerely,

William Leigh
Bridgewater VA

>List for Rockingham County excluding Grand Caverns....
>
>Number of species:     65
>
>Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     10
>Mute Swan - Cygnus olor     2
>Wood Duck - Aix sponsa     1
>Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     10
>Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis     1
>Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis     4
>Common Loon - Gavia immer     2
>Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     9
>Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias     1
>Sora - Porzana carolina     2
>American Coot - Fulica americana     8
>Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus     3
>Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca     3
>Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes     4
>Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria     5
>Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius     2
>Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     7
>Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica     2
>Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon     1
>Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     3
>Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     2
>Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus     1
>Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus     1
>Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus     1
>Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe     2
>Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus     1
>Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus     1
>Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus     2
>Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     5
>American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     20
>Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor     20
>Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis     55
>Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica     25
>Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis     2
>Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     10
>White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     1
>Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus     3
>House Wren - Troglodytes aedon     2
>Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis     2
>Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina     2
>American Robin - Turdus migratorius     10
>Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     2
>Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     4
>European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris     15
>Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia     2
>Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata     25
>Worm-eating Warbler - Helmitheros vermivorum     1
>Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla     2
>Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis     1
>Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea     1
>Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus     3
>Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina     15
>Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum     2
>Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     3
>White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     5
>White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys     10
>Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     10
>Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea     2
>Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     12
>Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna     3
>Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     10
>Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater     6
>Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula     4
>American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     35
>House Sparrow - Passer domesticus     2
>
>This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)


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