VA Birders,
Paw Paw gap a reclaimed strip site and Caney Island Branch were the areas
birded here in Buchanan Co. today, by Bob Riggs, president of the Russell
Co. Bird Club, Ed Talbott, vice president of the Buchanan Co. Bird Club and
myself, Roger Mayhorn. With a temperature of 50F and in spite of a brisk
wind birds were out in numbers. The two most noted were a female Cerulean
and a male Golden-winged on the strip site, and the Lawrence's, and two
Blue-winged Warblers which had been previously located by Michelle Talbott,
a Buchanan Co. club member. The male Lawrence's and a male Blue-winged gave
us a great show when they fought from 12ft. in the air to very near the
flowing stream below. The Lawrence's won the battle so we are hoping he is
establishing a territory and future nesting site. Following is the complete
list:
STRIP SITE
Cerulean Warbler 1(female)
Golden-winged Warbler 1 (male)
Yellow-throated Warblers 2
Yellow-breasted Chats 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Hooded Warblers 4
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warblers 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Northern Harrier 1
Indigo Buntings 4
Tufted Titmice 2
Red-eyed Vireos 4
White-eyed Vireos 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Ovenbird 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 4
Woodcock 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Wood Thrushes 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1 (male)
Eastern Towhees 3 (males)
Blue Jays 2
Brown Thrasher 1 (male)
Field Sparrows 9
White-throated Sparrow 1
Grasshopper Sparrows 10
Chipping Sparrows 3
Song Sparrow 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Meadowlarks 2
American Robins 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 1
American Goldfinches 4 (3 males, 1 female)
Red-breasted Grosbeak 1 (female)
European Starlings 3
CANEY BRANCH
Lawrence's Warbler 1 (male)
Blue-winged Warblers 2 (males)
Hooded Warblers 3
Northern Parula 1
American Redstarts 4 (3 males, 1 female)
Kentucky Warbler 1
Worm-eating Warblers 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireos 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Indigo Bunting 1
American Goldfinches 7
Carolina Wren 1
White-throated Sparrows 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Pileated Woodpeckers 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Osprey 1
Blue Jays 2
Northern Cardinal 3 (1 male, 2 females)
American Crow 1
Wood Thrushes 2
Ovenbird 1
Great-crested Flycatcher 1
Chimney Swift 1
Carolina Chickadees 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Roger Mayhorn
President Buchanan Co. Bird Club
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