[va-bird] Bobolinks at Lucketts on 6/24

I visited the area on June 24 during the fairly hot mid-day period, but was 
fortunate to see not one but two male Bobolinks flying, singing, and 
interacting (perhaps territorially) over the big hayfield on the south side of 
Lucketts 
Road (Route 662) just east of the edge of the developed part of the village.  
It was about noon.  I covered much of the area east of Route 15 and saw a lot 
of birds, but none of the less common ones like Vesper Sparrow or  Blue 
Grosbeak.  Brown Thrashers were the big winner with dozens sunning and 
dust-bathing 
in the roads.  My friend and I also saw and/or heard a  number of Grasshopper 
Sparrows.
As this is my first post, I'll also take the opportunity for a brief 
introduction.  I am a recently retired fed who has been a birder for at least 
50 years 
and has been active in bird conservation in a variety of ways over the years. 
 My most intensive birding takes place in the area around my second home in 
Shenandoah County in the upper valley of Cedar Creek, a trib to the North Fork 
of the Shenandoah.  I have been a regular contributor to Project Feeder Watch 
there, completed 4 blocks for the VA Breeding Bird Atlas in the 80s there, 
submit reports to North American Birds, and now submit most of my lists to 
eBird. 
 Most of my posts to VA-Bird will probably come from that area, which I have 
not seen covered much if at all in following the VA-Bird archives for several 
years.

One small request which would help me (and, I assume, others).  It would be 
helpful if secondary roads were identified both by name and number.  Some posts 
use one, some the other, but rarely both.  The DeLorme Atlas for Virginia 
mainly uses the route numbers, as does the new Lane Guide for the state.  
However, names are more helpful for people who know the area or for getting 
help when 
having difficulty finding a site.

Thanks for your consideration and good birding.

Dave Davis


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