[va-bird] Loudoun County Christmas Count, Sector 1

We participated in the Loudoun County Christmas count Dec26 in Sector 1.  We
did the Beaverdam sub-sector which consists of the Beaverdam area and
Brambleton Golf Course.  At the end of the day we also did Watson Rd area.
Highlight was the Saw whet Owl, Northern Harrier (given the scarcity of them
this year), Ruby crowned Kinglet and the large flocks of Dark eyed Juncos
found in several areas.
Following are our sub-sector results:

Pied billed Grebe  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  7
Swan sp.  1
Canada Goose  915
Gadwall  4
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  28
Mallard  211
Ring-necked Duck  35
Bufflehead  3
Hooded Merganser  23
Common Merganser  126
Bald Eagle  2 Adult, 2 Immature
Northern Harrier  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  6
Killdeer  1
Ring-billed Gull  24
Herring Gull  2
Mourning Dove  26
Great Horned Owl  1
Saw-whet Owl  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  8
Northern Flicker  14
Blue Jay  32
American Crow  47
Fish Crow  25
Crow sp.  3
Carolina Chickadee  23
Tufted Titmouse  4
White breasted Nuthatch  5
Brown Creeper  2
Carolina Wren  6
Golden crowned Kinglet  4
Ruby crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  11
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  8
European Starling  89
Yellow rumped Warbler  10
Field Sparrow  11
Song Sparrow  16
Swamp Sparrow  1
White throated Sparrow  84
Dark eyed Junco  320
Northern Cardinal  46
American Goldfinch  48


Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901


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