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[Frederick Atwood <fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Saturday 11/09/02  about 3-5:30 PM
Mostly birded at "The Pocket" from Powhatan's
grave site in the Pamunkey Reservation on the
Pamunkey River, and at a private wildlife reserve
on the other side of "the pocket". This private
wildlife reserve has a large fresh-water pond and
also looks out over "the pocket" and this is
where most of the Aythya and dabbling ducks were.
The tide was high so shorebird numbers were low.
(Other locales birded earlier in the day are in
parentheses).

5250 Canada Goose ( +250 in Walkerton at
Mattaponi River)
1 Tundra Swan
6 Snow Geese: 2 snow, 4 blue
600 Mallard
50 Black Duck
25 Green Winged Teal
300 Northern Pintail
4 Gadwall
7 American Wigeon
2 Canvasback
650 Ring-necked Duck (the most I have ever seen
in one pond; looked hard for a Tufted but no
luck)
4 Lesser Scaup
3 Hooded Merganser
60 Ruddy Duck (+ 850 in Middlesex County at
Jamaica on the Rappahannock)
7 Wood Duck
20 Bufflehead (+10 at Rappahannock R in Jamaica)
45 Coot
1 Greater Yellowlegs (1 lesser at Walkerton)
2 Killdeer (4 at Walkerton)
15 Forsters Tern
350 Laughing Gull (+250 on Mattaponi River in
Walkerton, +150 in Jamaica on Rappahannock River)
25 Ring-billed Gull
1 sharp-shinned hawk
1 red-tailed hawk (4 others various locations)
1 kestrel (3 others in various locations)
(1 red-shouldered hawk in King and Queen Co)
3 adult and 2 immature Bald Eagle (+ 2 adult, 1
immature in Walkerton; and 2 adult, 2 immature in
Jamaica)
1 double-crested cormorant
6 pied-billed grebe (+ 2 at Mattaponi River in
Walkerton
2 great egret (+1 at Mattaponi River in
Walkerton)
6 great blue heron

Walkerton Christmas Count will be on Sunday
January 5.  Each sector includes viewpoints on
either the Mattaponi or Pamunkey River.  Please
let me know if you'd like to particpate in the
CBC in this underbirded area.

All the best
Fred


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Frederick D. Atwood     fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675     
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org

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