[nnasnet] Fw: Leedstown area, Westmoreland Co Marsh Wren, Merlin, Lincolns, etc
- From: Frederick Atwood <fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Virginia Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, fred atwood <fatwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:12:37 -0700 (PDT)
Howdy!
Since King George ponds were covered with fog this AM, I drove straight down to
Leedstown in Westmoreland Co where I found 68 species of birds. The most
exciting bird was a Marsh Wren, my first for the county. I also had great
views of a Lincoln's Sparrow. A Merlin flushed out a flock of 125 robins that
had been feeding on cedar berries and grapes (ignoring the holly berries). One
of the two Blue-headed Vireos seen was eating a brown stinkbug. A Great Egret
was in the creek along Winter Harbor Rd in what used to be a Mill Pond but the
dam was washed out during Tropical Storm Lee. There was a big influx of swamp
sparrows (119), yellow-rumped warblers (105), hermit thrushes (18),
yellow-bellied sapsuckers (7), and Wood Ducks (40). White-throats have also
started to flow in (46) and a few White-crowneds (3). There were quite a few
Soras still around (17), though none were seen. I found no shorebirds except a
few killdeer. Other than the
yellow-rumpeds, the only warblers I had were a couple palms, a pine, and a
yellowthroat. Below are the totals for this part of the day. Numbers in
parentheses are the number of lists (out of 4) it was found in. After
Leedstown I drove on up to King George to finish up the day. I will try to
report on that tomorrow, as it is time for bed now.
All the best
Fred
Canada Goose 112 (2)
Wood Duck 40 (1)
Mallard 4 (1)
Double-crested Cormorant 3 (2)
Great Blue Heron 3 (2)
Great Egret 1 (1)
Black Vulture 13 (2)
Turkey Vulture 15 (4)
Bald Eagle 9 (4)
Northern Harrier 2 (2)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 (1)
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 (2)
Red-tailed Hawk 3 (2)
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Sora 17 (1)
Killdeer 2 (2)
Lesser Yellowlegs 2 (1)
Laughing Gull 45 (3)
Forster's Tern 4 (2)
Mourning Dove 2 (1)
Belted Kingfisher 3 (3)
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 18 (4)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7 (2)
Downy Woodpecker 9 (4)
Hairy Woodpecker 2 (1)
Northern Flicker 22 (4)
Pileated Woodpecker 6 (4)
Eastern Phoebe 5 (3)
Blue-headed Vireo 2 (1)
Blue Jay 35 (4)
American Crow 25 (4)
Fish Crow 3 (1)
Tree Swallow 38 (2)
Carolina Chickadee 10 (2)
Tufted Titmouse 8 (1)
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 17 (4)
Marsh Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 16 (4)
Eastern Bluebird 5 (2)
Hermit Thrush 17 (2
American Robin 126 (2)
Gray Catbird 3 (2)
Northern Mockingbird 24 (4)
Brown Thrasher 12 (3)
European Starling 37 (3)
Common Yellowthroat 1
Palm Warbler 2 (2)
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 105 (4)
Eastern Towhee 8 (3)
Chipping Sparrow 22 (4)
Field Sparrow 6 (3)
Savannah Sparrow 12 (2)
Song Sparrow 65 (4)
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 119 (3)
White-throated Sparrow 46 (3)
White-crowned Sparrow 3 (1)
Northern Cardinal 23 (4)
Red-winged Blackbird 175 (3)
Common Grackle 25 (1)
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 (1)
American Goldfinch 8 (2)
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