Whenever it snows or ices a few inches near Williamsburg, the edges of the
Colonial Parkway, along the James River, typically melt a bit and attract
hundreds of small birds, which can no longer use the nearby fields and forest
understory, over a several mile stretch between Jamestown and Williamsburg.
Today,
January 26th, there was a moderate amount of activity there, including 2 snipe,
dozens of Killdeer, 20-30 American Pipits, 75+ Fox Sparrows, a Savannah
Sparrow and dozens each of Cardinals, White-throated and Song Sparrows.
The Osprey that the Larners reported at College Creek, on the parkway, on Jan
24th was there today. The Williamsburg Bird Club printed an annotated bird
list in 1998, summarizing decades of records and there are no other January
Osprey records.
Brian Taber
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