FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Blue Ridge Center, Loud Co, 7/4/02

[KurtCapt87@xxxxxxx]

VA BIRDers.

Jon Little and I met Tom Bjorkman at the Blue Ridge Educational Center this 
morning and birded the southern portions of the property starting at about 
0645.  This area consists of field complexes, small streams with dense bushy 
thickets and young trees adjacent, and mature woods in stream valleys and 
hillsides.  Although we could not relocate the Alder Flycatcher reported a 
couple of weeks ago, we did confirm Cerulean Warbler as a breeder by 
observing an FL male somewhat hidden in dense brush while his mother 
attempted to distract us and made alarm call notes.  Species diversity was 
similar to previous reports.  We ended at about 1000.  The list below 
includes a few birds seen in the area as we drove the backroads to different 
locations.

Afterwards, Jon and I visited a few locations in Loudoun Co with Bobolink and 
a couple of Red-headed Woodpeckers and Willow Flycatchers noted.  We could 
not relocate the Loggerhead Shrike family on Foggy Bottom Rd.  The field with 
the Bobolinks on Ebenzer Church Rd (different from Jon's recent report) was 
mowed and did not have these birds, either.  Admittedly, it was a bit warm at 
this point (noon).

Kurt Gaskill

Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1, imm bird very near to the location of Tom's report two 
weeks earlier of an immature bird.
Wild Turkey 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8, incl 2 FL with parent
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 3
No. Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
E. Wood Pewee 7
Acadian Flycatcher 8
E. Phoebe 4
E. Kingbird 4
White-eyed Vireo 8
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Blue Jay 5
Am. Crow 10
Fish Crow 1
C. Chickadee 15
T. Titmouse 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
C. Wren 8
H. Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
E. Bluebird 4
Wood Thrush 16
Am Robin 2
Gray Catbird 7
No. Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 3
Cedar Waxwing 6
Blue-winged Warbler 1
No. Parula 2, one bird was clearly dispersed from breeding habitat
Cerulean Warbler 3, female and FL male; the third bird (adult male) was at 
another location sharing a tree with a Yellow-throated Vireo
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 2, one silent bird attracted by pishing and, later, a half-hearted 
song identified the other
LA Waterthrush 1, chip notes only
Kentucky Warbler 4
Com. Yellowthroat 6
Hooded Warbler 7
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Scarlet Tanager 6
E. Towhee 8
Chipping Sp 3
Field Sp 12, (FL with parent at another location)
Grasshopper Sp 1
Song Sp 2
No. Cardinal 17, FL
Indigo Bunting 24
Com. Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Am Goldfinch 10


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