Hello Va. Birders!
This morning 9 hardy No.VA. Bird Club members braved temps in the
30's and below-freezing wind chills, and were rewarded with outstanding
looks at a subadult rough-legged hawk wheeling over our heads before he
continued his journey north. I soon learned that this was a first for
the park!
And that started the raptor avalanche -- at one point there were
so many birds in the air that we had trouble getting them all I.D.ed
before they got too far away. I had three hawks in my binocs at one
time.
But it wasn't just about birds of prey. Along with the usual
hoodies and green-winged teal were also blue-winged teal, American
widgeon and a flashy pair of wood ducks. A winter wren and a couple of
rusty blackbirds helped round out the special passerines. The rusties,
strangely enough, were feeder birds.
The rest of the list follows. I have put an F after the birds
seen at the feeder by the visitor's center.
Great Egret - 1
Canada Geese - 40
Wood Ducks - 2
GW Teal - 14
Mallards - 10
BW Teal - 3
Gadwall - 5
Am. Widgeon - 3
T.V. - 4
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
RS Hawk - 2
RT Hawk - 4
Rough-legged Hk. - 1
Common Snipe - 1
R-B Gull - 3
MoDo - 6 F
RB Woodpecker - 3
Downey WPR -6 F
Hairy WPR. -1 F
No. Flicker - heard
Tree swallow - 5
Am. Crow -25
Fish Crow - 6
Carolina Chick. -15 F
Titmouse -12 F
Carolina Wren heard
Winter wren - 1
E. Bluebird heard
N. Cardinal - 6 F
Song Sparrow - 13
Swamp " " - 6
Wh.-Thr. " " - 6
D- Eyed Junco - 4 F
R.W. Blackbird - 12 (2 F!)
Rusty Blackbird - 3 F!!!
House Finch - 3 F
Am.Goldfinch - 1 (!)
Edna Aaron
Alexandria, VA
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