This weekend my wife Sue and my 13yr old dog, Moondog, did some birding from
the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail. Along the way we met two fine people,
one on the phone and one in person. Our first stop however was not on the
Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail NNK but on the way. We stopped at
Aggregate Industries on route 3 outside of Fredricksburg where we saw:
Canvasback 78
Snow Geese 2
Tundra Swan 2
Ring Neck Duck 37
Coot 16
Canada Geese too many to count
King Fisher 1 (of course very noisy)
Song Sparrow 1
Blue Heron 1
Hooded Merganser 15
Common Merganser 32
Blue Bird 1
Kestral 1
We were advised to call ahead for permission next time, phone 540 775 7600.
Next stop was at the Rappahannock River Valley, Tayloe Unit, CNN19 This place
is closed on the weekend however if you call ahead of time (which we did) we
received permission to bird. The Tayloe Unit was I think 500 + acres, with a
variety of landscape. There was no one else on the property exect for Sue,
myself and Moondog. Phone number to call is 804 333 1470, the person on the
other end of the line was most cheerful and helpful.
Eagles 7
Harrier 1
Crow Am 1
Crow sp 15
Blue Bird 6
Morning Dove 22
Savannah Sparrow 87
Song Sparrow 65
Sea Side Sparrow 1
Mockingbird 4
Cardinal 4
Peregrine Falcon 1
Route 605 Mill Creek Northumberland County
Hermit Thrush 1 (dead)
Hermit Thrush 1 (live)
Bufflehead 8
Redtail 1
Canada Goose all flying - alot
Snow Goose flying 1
Sharp Shinned Hawk 2
Blue Birds 7
Chickadee 12
Titmouse 18
Yellowrump Warbler 1
Farnham Creek CNN16 and the general area, we cruised around 608 and follow
route 610 to the end of Farnham Creek, here we met Tom, a really nice
gentleman, who was telling us about the dippers and the noisy swans.
Trumpet Swans 19
Kestral 1
White Throat 1
Mute Swan 2
Hairy W/P 1
Redbelly W/P 1
Northern Flicker 1
Canvasback 29
Eagles 2
Scaup (sp) 1
Bufflehead 18
Common Goldeneye 7
Great Blue Heron 1
Mallards 4
Lastly was CNN05 Westmoreland Berry Farm/Vorhees Nature Preserve
R/W Blackbirds 2
Sharp Shinned Hawk 1
Juvenile Eagles 2
Hermit Thrush 1
Carolina Wren 1
Side note: Raptors seen while driving on route 3
1 Redtail
1 Coopers Hawk
1 Kestral
and as usual
Turkey Vultures
Black Vulture
various asst of seagulls
Cheers,
Jack Carroll, Sue Bark and Moondog
Centreville, VA
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