[va-richmond-general] Crazy Coots Birdathon Big Day
- From: "Barnett, Lewis" <lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Richmond Audubon Society mailing list <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 22:23:56 -0400
The Crazy Coots (me, Steven Dunn, Eileen Geller, Kim Harrell, Kim's friend
Eric, and Pete Walker) did our big day yesterday. The day started out bleak and
rainy - not terribly promising for spotting lots of birds.
We got started dark and early at the Wetlands and were rewarded with a pair of
Green Herons chasing around the pond and a Great Horned Owl calling as dawn
began to lighten the sky. Things started slowly at the next stop, the 42nd
Street section of James River Park, but picked up considerably before we moved
on. Key finds were a Mourning Warbler singing strongly from the woods leading
to the Reedy Creek Meadow, an Olive-sided Flycatcher pointed out to us by Jan
Frye from the bridge (thanks, Jan!), and an Eastern Screech-owl
(http://tinyurl.com/3ow7u7v) just uphill from the bridge being mobbed by a
sizable and voluble bunch of birds including a couple of Swainson's Thrushes.
Throw in a couple of Canada Warblers, and a Kingfisher being chased by a
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, and we had a pretty good outing there.
At Crewe's Channel, we picked up Prairie Warbler, Pine Warbler, Red-headed
Woodpecker, and got nice looks at a Summer Tanager building a nest
(http://tinyurl.com/3d4n9a8) as well as pairs of Blue Grosbeaks and Indigo
Buntings all simultaneously in the field of view. The creek was very full, so
shorebirds were scarce. Those we picked up at the Shirley impoundment - nothing
unusual, but we got most of what we expected there. The big treat at Shirley
were two singing Dickcissels (http://tinyurl.com/3r2qsrl).
All told, the team tallied 105 species - complete list is below. Not bad for a
cloudy, rainy day late in migration - only three off of last year's total of
108. We missed a few species that we expected, like Great Egret, Peregrine
Falcon, Flicker, and Scarlet Tanager.
So, the final standings for this year's Richmond Audubon Society birdathon:
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Ducklings: 114 species
The Crazy Coots: 105 species
Birdzerk: 60 species
Thanks to everyone who participated.
I hope you will make a donation in support of your favorite team (an individual
pledge form is attached to this message - just print it out and mail it in) to
support the youth, education and conservation programs of the Richmond Audubon
Society.
Lewis Barnett
lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:lbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Crazy Coots Birdathon total species list:
1. Canada Goose
2. Wood Duck
3. American Black Duck
4. Mallard
5. Wild Turkey
6. Double-crested Cormorant
7. Great Blue Heron
8. Green Heron
9. Black Vulture
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Osprey
12. Bald Eagle
13. Northern Harrier
14. Red-shouldered Hawk
15. Red-tailed Hawk
16. American Kestrel
17. Killdeer
18. Semipalmated Plover
19. Greater Yellowlegs
20. Lesser Yellowlegs
21. Spotted Sandpiper
22. Semipalmated Sandpiper
23. Least Sandpiper
24. Dunlin
25. Laughing Gull
26. Ring-billed Gull
27. Caspian Tern
28. Rock Pigeon
29. Mourning Dove
30. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
31. Eastern Screech-owl
32. Great Horned Owl
33. Chimney Swift
34. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
35. Belted Kingfisher
36. Red-headed Woodpecker
37. Red-bellied Woodpecker
38. Downy Woodpecker
39. Hairy Woodpecker
40. Pileated Woodpecker
41. Olive-sided Flycatcher
42. Eastern Wood-pewee
43. Acadian Flycatcher
44. Eastern Phoebe
45. Great Crested Flycatcher
46. Eastern Kingbird
47. White-eyed Vireo
48. Yellow-throated Vireo
49. Red-eyed Vireo
50. Blue Jay
51. American Crow
52. Fish Crow
53. Tree Swallow
54. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
55. Cliff Swallow
56. Barn Swallow
57. Carolina Chickadee
58. Tufted Titmouse
59. White-breasted Nuthatch
60. Carolina Wren
61. House Wren
62. Blue-gray Flycatcher
63. Eastern Bluebird
64. Swainson's Thrush
65. American Robin
66. Gray Catbird
67. Northern Mockingbird
68. Brown Thrasher
69. European Starling
70. Cedar Waxwing
71. Northern Parula
72. Yellow Warbler
73. Magnolia Warbler
74. Yellow-rumped Warbler
75. Yellow-throated Warbler
76. Pine Warbler
77. Prairie Warbler
78. Blackpoll Warbler
79. Black-and-White Warbler
80. American Redstart
81. Prothonotary Warbler
82. Ovenbird
83. Northern Waterthrush
84. Mourning Warbler
85. Common Yellowthroat
86. Canada Warbler
87. Yellow-breasted Chat
88. Summer Tanager
89. Eastern Towhee
90. Chipping Sparrow
91. Field Sparrow
92. Song Sparrow
93. Northern Cardinal
94. Blue Grosbeak
95. Indigo Bunting
96. Dickcissel
97. Red-winged Blackbird
98. Eastern Meadowlark
99. Common Grackle
100. Brown-headed Cowbird
101. Orchard Oriole
102. Baltimore Oriole
103. House Finch
104. American Goldfinch
105. House Sparrow
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