I walked the canal path in fredericksburg this morning from 7:30 to 11:00 =
and logged 57 species. Blackpoll Warblers are passing through in numbers.
There was also a snapping turtle digging in the dirt alongside the path
preparing to lay eggs. Here's the list of birds (seen and heard).
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Canada Goose 11 incl. 4 goslings
Wood Duck 1 f. with 7 small ducklings
Mallard 8 incl. 2 ducklings
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Mourning Dove 7
Chimney Swift 15+
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
E. Wood-Pewee 2
Acadian Flycatcher 3
E. Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 2
N. Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 32 nesting under route 1 bridge
Carolina Chickadee 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 23
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
American Robin 17+
Gray Catbird 12
N. Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Starling 17
Cedar Waxwing 17
N. Parula 5
Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 36
Common Yellowthroat 3
Canada Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Song Sparrow 5
N. Cardinal 29
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Common Grackle 24
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 2
Am. Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 3
James E. Goehring
Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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