Several members of Williamsburg Bird Club met at Greensprings Nature Trail
between 1 and 3 p.m. on January 1 to celebrate the New Year. This is a 4.7
mile soft surface trail around a fresh water wetland area surrounded by
woods and fields (and more and more houses!). It is located behind Jamestown
High School on Route 5 near Williamsburg.
Highlights of the day were BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.
Group of nine birders focused on the area around the boardwalk over the
marsh and recorded 30 species:
GREAT BLUE HERON
BLACK VULTURE
TURKEY VULTURE
CANADA GOOSE
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
BALD EAGLES (ADULT)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS
BELTED KINGFISHER
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
DOWNY WOODPECKER
NORTHERN FLICKER
BLUE JAY
AMERICAN CROW
CAROLINA CHICKADEE
TUFTED TITMOUSE
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH
CAROLINA WREN
EASTERN BLUEBIRD
AMERICAN ROBIN
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
SONG SPARROW
SWAMP SPARROW
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
NORTHERN CARDINAL
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
Shirley Devan
Williamsburg Bird Club
