[nnasnet] Balls Neck birds
- From: Tom Saunders <birdnerd53@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nnasnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:46:43 -0400
A walk along Shiloh School Road this morning was more productive than I
expected. Despite the breezy conditions I ended up with seven warbler
species: ovenbird, black and white, prairie, yellow-rumped, common
yellowthroat, worm-eating and yellow. Sparrows included white-throated
(singing up a storm!), song, savannah, field, chipping and towhee. Throw in
blue jay, turkey, bobwhite, an especially snappy male blue-gray
gnatcatcher, several brown thrashers, many cardinals, turkey vultures,
pileated and red-bellied woodpeckers and at least a dozen crows.
On my way to a program at the old Shiloh School this afternoon I watched a
coyote lope across the big field behind our house, the first time I've seen
one in Virginia. The presence of these wily predators is probably bad news
for ground-nesting birds like bobwhites, turkeys, and nightjars but I think
their net influence on the environment will be positive.
Tom Saunders
Balls Neck
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