Grasshopper sparrows were at the airport last night during the fireworks.
I had a whip-poor-will and four ravens at high bridge during the firefly
festival a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t checked since it has gotten so hot.
-julian
On Jun 30, 2017, at 4:35 PM, Evan Spears <e3spears@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's getting hotter...and quieter! Many warblers are winding down with their
singing as is evident by the mid-late summer records.
Below are birds that have not been recorded in eBird during certain weeks in
July in central Virginia
<http://ebird.org/ebird/barchart?byr=1900&eyr=2017&bmo=1&emo=12&r=US-VA-007,US-VA-011,US-VA-029,US-VA-037,US-VA-049,US-VA-111,US-VA-135,US-VA-147>
(Prince Edward & all surrounding counties). Only a complete checklist
including that bird will fill that week of the bar chart. Try to figure out
where you can help.
Week #1
Great Egret (easy get if the three we saw today are still at Briery
tomorrow)
*(Little Blue Heron...can someone get him this weekend?)
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl (all weeks...only month when one hasn't been seen)
Eastern Whip-poor-will (not singing as much)
Common Raven (Hit and miss...High Bridge?)
Horned Lark (Pine Ridge Farm...found one yesterday but not singing as much)
Cliff Swallow (northern Cumberland along the James)
Yellow Warbler (all weeks)
Grasshopper Sparrow (easy, right?)
Week #2 (OWL WEEK!)
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl (nearly complete for the whole year!)
Chuck-will's-widow
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Week #3
Great Horned Owl
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Horned Lark
Cliff Swallow
Kentucky Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Week #4
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Prothonotary Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Evan Spears
Farmville, VA
