Birders,
This morning Rosemarie and I saw the following birds in Orange &
Culpeper Counties.
Tallied a total of 43 species within two hours. Some birds of note
follow:
Short-eared Owl - Rt. 615 two hundred yards north of Orange.
Horned Larks (9) - Bloomsbury Rd. adjacent to Orange Airport
Black-backed Gull (2) - Lake Orange
Ring-billed Gull (310) - Lake Orange
Herring Gull (1) - Lake Orange
Pied-bill Grebe (1) - Lake Orange
Bi-ringed Plover (aka Killdeer)- Lake Orange
Great-blue Heron (1) - Lake Orange
Tundra Swan (1) - Horseshoe Farm, Rt. 614 - Culpeper County (with 250
Canada Geese).
Bald Eagle (2) - Horseshoe Farm (1); Yard (1) flying over.
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Chipping Sparrow (2)-Yard, Field Sparrow (17), Song Sparrows,
White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows.
Cedar Waxwings (32), Hermit Thrush (3), Winter Wren (1), Belted
Kingfisher (2).
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (5), Red-bellied, Pileated, Flickers & Hairy
Woodpeckers.
Purple Finches, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers,
Eastern Bluebirds & other usual birds.
Happy New Year!
George Harris
Orange County
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