Saturday morning along Jericho Ditch in the Dismal Swamp was a blast. The
warblers were cooperative and the weather nearly perfect.
Melissa Paine and I arrived at 6:45 and began the day trying to track down
a Swainson's singing along the entrance road. No luck there, but we would
not be disappointed. Below is a list that, to the best of my knowledge,
combines what we saw with what was seen by the group from the Birds and
Blossoms festival in Norfolk (led by David Hughes and others). We met up
with them as we were headed out.
Warblers:
Swainson's (many good looks at 3 singing males; these birds have been
quite cooperative this year)
Prothonotary
Blue-Winged
Black-and-White
Yellow-Rumped
Prairie (abundant)
Blackpoll
Black-Throated Blue (B&B group)
Northern Parula (B&B group)
Hooded (B&B group)
Cape May (VDGIF biologist Don Schwab (sp?), near five points ~6:30 am)
Pine
Worm-Eating
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Others:
Barred Owl (B&B group)
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (B&B group)
Red-Shouldered Hawk
RT Hummer
RB Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
GC Flycatcher
Eastern Pee-wee
WB Nuthatch
BG Gnatcatcher
Catbird
W-E Vireo
R-E Vireo
Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
Goldfinch
Dave Hewitt,
Gloucester
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Dave Hewitt
Fisheries Science/Crustacean Ecology
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
The College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
804.684.7333
dhewitt@xxxxxxxx
http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/
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