Hola,
I spent a few hours this morning in the Remington area of Fauquier County,
joined by Ian Topolsky for a portion of that time. Aside from the
aforementioned Upland Sandpipers, the other bird that I found in good numbers
was
Dickcissel. I ran into nine singing birds at six locations. Three were along
Savannah Branch Road: one at the intersection of Savannah Branch and Sumerduck
Road (651), one a bit east of there near the driveway that leads up to the
farm, and one about a mile or two east of here on a private farm road.
Another
was north of Remington on Route 651 in the middle of a field where there is a
slight hill and dip in the road (about a mile west of the intersection with
US 29). There's a large farm on the left. One at the corner of Grassdale and
651, one on 652 behind the turf farm with the Upland Sandpipers, one on
Lucky Hill Road near the Dominion Power plant, and two on Bealeton Road, Route
803, east of US 17 at a 20 mph ninety-degree bend in the road, the only spot
on
the road with typical dickcissel habitat.
Other species were birds that were singing at most stops. Good numbers of
Grasshopper Sparrows still singing, we heard at least eight and saw a few
others. A surprise was an Ovenbird still singing at Old Grassdale Road, off
Lucky Hill. Good numbers of Eastern Wood-Pewees, Cedar Waxwings, Common
Yellowthroats, a few Yellow-throated Vireos, a Summer Tanager giving an
abbreviated
song, a few Chats, two Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and a silent pair of Blue
Grosbeaks seen. Had a few raptors, including five Kestrels, two Red-taileds,
a
Red-shouldered, a Broad-winged, a Cooper's Hawk, and an adult Bald Eagle near
an
eagle nest in Culpeper County.
Cheers,
Todd
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Todd Michael Day
Jeffersonton, Virginia, USA
BlkVulture@xxxxxxx
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