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The next Bird walk scheduled is at Joe Cooney's house Monday, April 8
655 Mosquito Beach Lane, White Stone.
It will officially start at 0900 hours. If you would like to show up a little
early, say after 0800 hours, Catherine and I would be willing to entertain you
with snacks and coffee. We have limited seating 7 chairs total (an old love
seat, chair and 4 chairs around the table). I will work on obtaining a few
more. I love quiet mornings watching the birds arrive for it is always a great
way to start the day.
The walk itself will start from the house, walking out to the water and look
out to Mosquito Creek. It is still wet there, so shoe consideration is a
bonus. Currently,
there are Lesser Scaup and Bufflehead hanging out. Surf Scoters, Long Tail and
Ruddy Ducks have also been observed. Lots of Osprey sprinkled with a few Eagles.
We will then walk towards the point along the road, there is a marsh area to
observe, and some treed area as well. Then we will turn around and head to the
beach on the Rappahannock River side. After the beach, we will walk back along
the road to Mosquito Point Road. Up the hill, it changes to pines and then to
a mixed forested land beyond the houses. Returning to my house to conclude the
bird walk we will again look out into Mosquito Creek to see if anything else
has appeared. The whole walk should be less than 2 miles in length with a
small uphill section. I would venture to say, we should encounter 25 to 30
species and maybe more.
Some of what I would expect to see are the ever-present Cardinals, Northern
Mockingbirds, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, Brown Headed Nuthatches, Carolina
Chickadees, and Wrens. Fair number of Sparrows, mostly White Throat and Song
Sparrow although they will be leaving shortly. The Chipping Sparrows have
arrived and the Swamp Sparrow was still here as of yesterday. Hopefully, we
will catch a glimpse of the occasional Cooper's Hawk who has made frequent
appearances as of late.
Joe
