Right in line with Rachel Echols' report yesterday of a catbird in Dutch Gap,
a thirsty catbird showed up today drinking the flowing fresh water in our
birdbath in Northern Virginia.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Rachel Echols
To: VA Bird
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:31 PM
Subject: [va-bird] catbird and Dutch Gap
Hi all,
A catbird showed up at our suet feeder today! First for the year for us.
We enjoyed them all summer last year and are glad they are back.
Also, my daughter and I rode bikes to the 2 mile mark at Dutch Gap today.
I'm sure we missed a lot of birds (like warblers) but this is what we did
see:
Black Vulture 28
Turkey Vulture 5
Mourning Dove 3
Mockingbird 3
Robin 2
Common Yellowthroat (heard, not seen)
Carolina Chickadee 5
Double Crested Cormorant 15
Canada Goose 9
Red-headed WP 1
Cardinal 3
Carolina Wren 3
White-throated Sparrow 5
GB Heron 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
Red-bellied WP 3
Kingfisher 2
Flicker 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12 (males and females)
Pileated WP 2
Laughing Gull-many
Coot 3
Starling 10
Song sparrow 2
Killdeer 1
Tree Swallow 10
Bluebird 4
Osprey 3
Thrasher 2
Royal Tern 7
Fish Crow 1
Pied Billed Grebe 1
Good birding,
Rachel and Kayla Echols
Chester, VA
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