Yesterday, I visited the Kerr Reservoir area in Mecklenburg County. I
didn't find anything spectacular but had a few good birds. I totaled 61
species with the highlights below.
DICK CROSS WMA
Wood Duck 1 male
Ring-necked Duck 1 male
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Northern Harrier 1 adult male
Wilson's Snipe 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
House Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow 2 ad., 3 imm.
TAILRACE PARK
Herring Gull 2 imm.
Bald Eagle 2 ad., 3 imm.
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
NORTH BEND PARK
Lesser Scaup 2
Bufflehead 6
Gadwall 2
Fish Crow 1
BASKERVILLE RD.
American Kestrel 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
The Bonaparte's Gulls are numerous down there rivaling the Ring-billed
Gull numbers. Good birding.
Adam D'Onofrio
Dinwiddie Co.
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