Bev Leeuwenburg ventured to the "hinterlands" today to join us for a great day
of birding. Best bird of the day was the LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE seen at the end of
the day near the entrance to Blandy Experimental Farm. If Bev hadn't said
STOP!, we would have driven on.
Starting at Great North Mt., we wound our way through Frederick, Shenandoah,
Warren, and Clarke counties. At first, birds were hard to find, but we ended
the day with a fair list of 43 species.
Notable birds:
Harrier - 1 - VERY hard to find (in northern Warren Co)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 19
Kestrel - 8
RED-HEADED WP - 2 (I suspect they breed in this spot - there may be more)
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (we tried hard to make it into a Northern!)
Raven - just 1
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 1 or more at Blandy; 1 or 2 in Shenandoah Co. (plus
some that we deemed to be hybrids)
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - at Blandy only
Brown Creeper - 2-3 (in the Shenandoah Co. highlands)
G-C Kinglet - 6-8
Hermit Thrush - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Field SP - 2
SAVANNAH SP - 1
Purple Finch - a nice number of them in many different locales - often with
Bluebirds
Jon & BJ Little
Winchester
