I decided to explore a couple of spots in Powhatan County this morning. I
started out at Powhatan WMA hoping to find some waterbirds for eBird's latest
project, the Early Winter Waterbird count. This project originated as the
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory's Early Winter Waterbird count, this year it's
gone national and the date is November 17-20.
This was my first trip to Powhatan WMA. It was very wet underfoot after all
last Thursday's rain and many of the trails were impassable. I concentrated
on viewing the Bass and Sunfish Ponds. NO waterbirds but a good selection
of landbirds. There is some promising sparrow habitat here.
I then headed back to bird Fighting Creek Park which is a Powhatan County
park, actually it's my local park. This is woodland habitat with a small
creek
running through.
Lists follow:
Location: Powhatan WMA
Observation date: 11/19/06
Notes: No waterbirds observed in either Bass Pond or Sunfish Pond
Number of species: 17
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Pileated Woodpecker X
Blue Jay 2
American Crow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Carolina Wren X
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin X
Cedar Waxwing 6
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 30
Northern Cardinal 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (_http://www.ebird.org_ ;
(http://www.ebird.org) )
Location: Fighting Creek Park
Observation date: 11/19/06
Number of species: 11
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren X
American Goldfinch X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County
