Hello all
The last three days here in Augusta County have been wet ones . On Monday after
work I almost did my full circuit of pond checks for our County . Yesterday I
did a few places but today I covered the areas like I did on Monday .I Started
out in the Stuarts Draft -- Lyndhurst ares first & this is what I found for
Monday the 7th -- Tuesday the 8th & today the 9th .
Flooded field near Quillin's -- 7th
Green -- winged Teal -- 1
Greater Yellowlegs -- 2
Ring -- billed Gull -- 1
Quillins -- 7th
Wood Duck -- 5
Ruddy -- 5
Pond on the T . E. Grove property -- 7th
Ring-- necked Duck -- 4
Greater Scaup -- 4
Lesser Scaup -- 1
Bufflehead -- 4
McCune's -- 7th
Lesser Scaup -- 9
Bufflehead -- 2
Ruddy -- 6
Bells Lane -- 7th
Loon species -- 1
Pied -- Billed Grebe -- 1
Great Blue Heron -- 4
Canvasback -- 2
Ring-- necked Duck -- 2
Lesser Scaup -- 22
Bufflehead -- 6
Red -- breasted Merganser -- 4
Ruddy -- 19 ---- several males in breeding plumage
Osprey -- 1
Coot -- 1
Boy Scout Camp -- Swoope -- 7th
Great Blue Heron -- 5
Wood Duck -- 5
Lesser Scaup -- 4
Smith's -- 7th
Great Blue Heron -- 2
Wood Duck -- 2
Gadwall 2
Black Duck -- 7
Green -- winged Teal -- 5
Greater Scaup -- 2
Lesser Scaup -- 15
Bufflehead -- 6
Ruddy -- 2
Coot -- 1
Spotted Sandpiper --1
Dunlin -- 2
Snipe -- 88
As for the 8th the only things that I counted are the following .
Flooded fields in Stuarts Draft
Bonaparte's Gull -- 10
Flooded Field next to Hollister's
Bonaparte's Gull -- 12
Ring -- billed Gull -- 9
On Bells Lane 8th
Long -- tailed Duck -- 1 he did not hang around to long
Bonaparte's Gull -- 9
Now for today the 9th
Bells Lane
Gadwall -- 1
Green -- winged Teal -- 3
Lesser Scaup -- 21
Bufflehead -- 12
Red -- breasted Merganser -- 4
Ruddy -- 31
Smith's
Wood Duck -- 6
Gadwall -- 2
Black Duck -- 5
Green-- winged Teal -- 4
Lesser Scaup -- 3
Spotted Sandpiper -- 2
Pectoral -- 4
Snipe -- 3
Boy Scout Camp
Wood Duck -- 2
Ruddy -- 1
Greater Yellowlegs -- 1
Bonaparte's Gull -- 2
Ring -- billed Gull -- 1
McCune's
Horned Grebe -- 1
Bufflehead -- 2
Ruddy -- 5
Stuarts Draft near Hollister
Bonaparte's Gull -- 15
Ring -- billed Gull -- 31
T . E . Grove pond
Ring -- necked Duck -- 3
Bufflehead -- 2
Quillin's
Wood Duck -- 2
Green -- winged Teal -- 8
Bufflehead -- 2
Not bad for three days of wet weather . Lets see what tomorrow will bring ---
stay tuned !
Allen Larner
Staunton
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