VA Birders,
As some of you will remember a great number of birds migrated through or
near my yard last fall. Since it was a snowy day today I decided to compile
my data and see just how many birds I actually did see.
I chose the period between Aug. 13 and Oct. 13 because most of the migrants
appeared during that time.
During this 2 month period 65 migrant species came through my yard with a
total of 1844 birds, averaging about 1 new species per day and 27.9 birds
per day. Keep in mind that these figures do not include the many resident
species, such as Cardinals, Goldfinches, Carolina Wrens, Red-bellied, Downy
and Pileated Woodpeckers, etc.
I then separated the warblers just to get specific warbler data. I
calculated that 25 warbler species came through with a total of 541
warblers. That averages out to 2.4 warbler species per day with 8.7
individual warblers per day.
The most numerous species of warbler was of course the Tennessee with a
total of 208. The least numerous were Black-throated Blue, Canada, Mourning
and Orange-crowned with only one appearance for each.
Below is the list of warbler species going from the most numerous to the
least. Below that is the list of other migrants in the same order.
Warblers
Tennessee Warbler 208
Yellow-rumped Warbler 58
Yellow-throated Warbler 46
Black-throated Green Warbler 44
Magnolia Warbler 28
Chestnut-sided Warbler 24 (12m,12f)
Cape May Warbler 21
Am. Redstart 16 (14m, 2f)
Blackburnian Warbler 15
Palm Warbler 10
Worm-eating Warbler 10
Hooded Warbler 12 (10m, 2f)
Black-and-white Warbler 9
Bay-breasted Warbler 7 (4f, 3f)
Northern Parula 7
Blue-winged Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 4 (m)
Pine Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 3 (f)
Cerulean Warbler 2 (1m, 1f)
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1(m)
Canada Warbler 1
Mourning Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Other Migrants
Am. Robin 266
Common Nighthawk 209
Scarlet Tanager 158
Chipping Sparrow 69
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 65 (f)
Northern Flicker 62
Gray Catbird 52
Swainsons Thrush 43
Blue Jay 37
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 34 (24m,10f)
White-eyed Vireo 32
Red-eyed Vireos 29
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 25
Broad-winged Hawk 24
Eastern Kingbird 24
Wood Thrush 24
Eastern Wood Pewee 20
Brown Thrasher 18
Baltimore Oriole 16 (m)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14
Chimney Swift 11
Blue-headed Vireo 9
Coopers Hawk 9
Great-crested Flycatcher 9
Yellow-throated Vireo 7
Common Raven 5
Summer Tanager 5
Barn Swallow 4
Empidonax sp. ? 4
Veery 3
Ovenbird 2
Philadelphia Vireo 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Cormorant sp ? 1 (probably a Double-crested)
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Great Blue Heron 1
House Wren 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Vireo sp. ?1 (possibly a Warbling)
Vireo sp ? 1 (possibly a Philadelphia)
Enjoy the birds,
Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA
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