I did my best to count birds at Beaverdam Park in Gloucester on Sunday
morning while walking a mildly insane terrier. Most conspicuous was the
return of the COOTS en masse. Other nice finds were four WINTER WRENS,
seven HERMIT THRUSHES, one BROWN CREEPER, two RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, and an
unexpected FIELD SPARROW (which flew up out of the marsh).
All birds were seen walking the hiking trail 1.5 miles and back from the
park's main entrance.
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Mute Swan 16+
Canada Goose 25+
Mallard 24
Gadwall 8
Ring-necked Duck 1
Lesser Scaup 1
Hooded Merganser 58
Ruddy Duck 31
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-Shouldered Hawk 2 (one adult, one juv)
Coot 87
Ring-billed Gull 100+
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Titmouse 2
C Chickadee 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Robin 9
Hermit Thrush 7
Thrasher 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 11
Cardinal 9
Towhee 6
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Goldfinch 2
Dave Hewitt
Gloucester, VA
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