Nineteen members of the Augusta Bird Club (listed at bottom) fanned out over
the local valley and mountain ridges this past weekend as part of our annual
spring count. At least 130 species were recorded so far -- not all counts
are in. The following are the preliminary totals. No early arrivals, total
count records, or other aberrations are noted in my cursory review. The
species diversity and counts of migrant passerines seems limited, suggesting
that the main wave is still to come. Sure hope so! /John Spahr
Species Counts (Mountain/Valley/Total)
===================================
Pied-billed Grebe 0/2/2
Horned Grebe 0/1/1
D-c Cormorants 0/1/1
Ruddy Duck 0/4/4
Canada Goose 6/84/90
Wood Duck 0/11/11
Mallard 0/32/32
Blue-winged Teal 0/1/1
Lesser Scaup 0/3/3
Hooded Merganser 0/1/1
Red-breasted Merganser0/3/3
Great Blue Heron 0/3/3
Green Heron 0/2/2
Black Vulture 4/6/10
Turkey Vulture 36/16/52
N. Harrier 0/1/1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2/2/4
Cooper's Hawk 0/3/3
Broad-winged Hawk 16/0/16
Am. Kestrel 0/6/6
Peregrine Falcon 2/0/2
Wild Turkey 2/0/2
Wilson's Snipe 0/19/19
Greater Yellowlegs 0/26/26
Lesser Yellowlegs 0/9/9
Solitary Sandpiper 0/4/4
Spotted Sandpiper 0/7/7
Dunlin 0/1/1
Killdeer 0/11/11
Ring-billed Gull 0/3/3
Bonaparte's Gull 0/2/2
Forster's Tern 0/3/3
Rock Dove 0/65/65
Mourning Dove 9/62/71
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1/0/1
Chimney Swift 0/32/32
Ruby-throated H'bird 0/1/1
Belted Kingfisher 0/4/4
Red-headed W'pecker 0/3/3
Red-bellied W'pecker 16/25/41
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker1/0/1
Downy Woodpecker 3/13/19
Hairy Woodpecker 0/3/3
N Flicker 6/17/23
Pileated Woodpecker 3/4/7
E. Wood-Pewee 0/1/1
Eastern Phoebe 7/9/16
Gr. Crested Flycatcher 1/3/4
Eastern Kingbird 0/2/2
Blue Jay 18/46/64
American Crow 23/62/85
Fish Crow 1/16/17
Common Raven 7/2/9
White-eyed Vireo 0/1/1
Blue-headed Vireo 4/1/5
Yellow-throated Vireo 2/0/2
Red-eyed Vireo 6/2/8
Warbling Vireo 0/3/3
Loggerhead Shrike 0/1/1
Cedar Waxwing 0/2/2
Eastern Bluebird 8/66/74
Veery 0/1/1
Hermit Thrush 0/1/1
Wood Thrush 10/1/11
American Robin 32/188/220
Gray Catbird 2/5/7
N. Mockingbird 3/77/80
Brown Thrasher 6/21/27
E. Starling 5/303/308
Wh-breasted Nuthatch 3/8/11
Carolina Wren 3/13/17
House Wren 0/16/16
B-g Gnatcatcher 31/7/38
Tree Swallow 20/92/112
Purple Martin 0/36/36
N. R-winged Swallow 1/28/29
Barn Swallow 3/100/103
Cliff Swallow 0/12/12
Carolina Chickadee 26/17/43
Tufted Titmouse 22/29/51
Horned Lark 0/6/6
House Sparrow 0/41/41
American Pipit 0/2/2
Am. Goldfinch 37/84/121
House Finch 8/35/43
Tennessee Warbler 0/1/1
No. Parula 6/0/6
Yellow Warbler 0/7/7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 0/42/42
Black-throated Green W 1/0/1
Pine Warbler 10/0/10
Palm Warbler 0/4/4
Prairie Warbler 0/4/4
Cerulean Warbler 5/0/5
B & W Warbler 8/2/10
Am. Redstart 54/1/55
Ovenbird 19/4/23
L. Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat 0/4/4
Hooded Warbler 5/0/5
Song Sparrow 3/51/54
Swamp Sparrow 0/3/3
White-crowned Sparrow 0/63/63
White-throated Sparrow 11/290/301
Dark-eyed Junco 2/2/4
Savannah Sparrow 0/12/12
Grasshopper Sparrow 0/5/5
Am Tree Sparrow 0/1/1
Chipping Sparrow 26/50/76
Field Sparrow 0/21/21
Vesper Sparrow 0/4/4
Eastern Towhee 44/31/75
Scarlet Tanager 2/0/2
N. Cardinal 14/86/100
Indigo Bunting 4/1/5
Red-winged Blackbird 0/264/264
Rusty Blackbird 0/3/3
Eastern Meadowlark 0/81/81
Common Grackle 6/257/263
Brown-headed Cowbird 16/10/26
Bobolink 0/?/?
Participants: Andrew Clem, Allen Larner, Lisa Hamilton, Linda Matkins,
YuLee Larner, Malissa Druff, Mary Vermuelen, Grant Hill, Josephine King,
Marietta Beverage, Julie Merkel, Beth and Harry Lumadue, Charles and Jean
Brodwater, Peter VanAcker, Carroll Lisle, Carol Robertson, John Spahr.
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