[heartofvabirds] Re: April 2017 eBird Misses

  • From: Ty Smith <snakemantysmith@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: heartofvabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 19:45:25 -0500

I have a second shrike!

On Mar 29, 2017 13:56, "Evan Spears" <e3spears@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Spring is here! Please keep a lookout for the following species in Prince
Edward and the surrounding counties to fill up our central Virginia eBird bar
charts
<http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?step=saveChoices&getLocations=counties&parentState=US-VA&bMonth=01&bYear=1900&eMonth=12&eYear=2017&reportType=location&counties=US-VA-007&counties=US-VA-011&counties=US-VA-029&counties=US-VA-037&counties=US-VA-049&counties=US-VA-111&counties=US-VA-135&counties=US-VA-147&continue.x=63&continue.y=16&continue=Continue>
 (very
unlikely birds have been excluded):

*Week #1*
Great Egret
Green Heron (early)
Broad-winged Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (early)
Eastern Kingbird (early)
Red-eyed Vireo (early)
Wood Thrush (early)
Gray Catbird (early)
Prothonotary Warbler (early)
Hooded Warbler (early)
Fox Sparrow (late)
Scarlet Tanager (early)
Indigo Bunting (early)

*Week #2*
Northern Harrier
Eastern Screech-Owl
Chuck-will's-widow (early)
Great-crested Flycatcher (early)
American Redstart (early)
Yellow Warbler (early)
Yellow-breasted Chat (early)
Grasshopper Sparrow (early)
Summer Tanager (early)
Orchard Oriole (early)

*Week #3*
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (early)
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eastern Wood-Pewee (early)
Acadian Flycatcher (early)
Brown Creeper (late)
Blue Grosbeak (early)

*Week #4*
Bufflehead
Horned Grebe
Bonaparte's Gull
Purple Finch


Extra Note: We are already at about 110 species for the year in Prince
Edward County
<http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-VA-147?yr=cur&changeDate=Set>.
Let's find 90 more to break 200 species in a year for the first time ever
(we came very close last year with 196)!

Evan Spears
Farmville, VA

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