It was another great day out at Henricus Historical Park/Dutch Gap Conservation
Area. Crisp, calm and cold to start, and warmer but breezier by the time we
finished up, it was a great day to be outdoors.
We had a good variety of ducks - good numbers of Ring-necked Ducks, Gadwall,
Northern Shovelers, and of course Mallards, with a smattering of Wood Ducks and
American Wigeon. The stars of the day were a pair of Northern Pintails that
gave good, extended looks. It was also a good raptor day - we were greeted by a
Northern Harrier (seen regularly on the past few RAS visits) cruising the marsh
and with Bald Eagles just about everywhere we looked. While we were enjoying
the duck action, a pair of Peregrine Falcons made a pass at a distant flock,
but were chased off by a reappearance of the Harrier. Kestrel, Red-shouldered
Hawk, and a flyover by the probable wintering Osprey rounded out the birds of
prey. Oh, of course, there were vultures of both varieties, as always.
On the passerine front, we had White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp
Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Junco, Yellow-rumped Warbler, many Eastern Bluebirds
and Goldfinches, along with the usual suspects. No Savannah Sparrows this time.
We experienced a very low tide, but though we looked hard, were unable to find
any Snipe this time.
The complete checklist is below, and you can see a few photos from today by
following the link to the checklist on eBird.
—
Lewis Barnett
blbarnett3@xxxxxxxxx
Henricus - Dutch Gap Conservation Area, Chesterfield, Virginia, US
Dec 3, 2016 7:44 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
44 species
Canada Goose 26
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 35
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 35
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 2
Ring-necked Duck 75
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 9
Black Vulture 49
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1 Continuing bird.
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
American Coot 5
Laughing Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 20
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 6
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 19
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 90
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Chipping Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
White-throated Sparrow 9
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Rusty Blackbird 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 9
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32840144 ;
<http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32840144>
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/VA ;
<http://ebird.org/VA>)
