Hello all
This past Sunday June 10th 2007 I did the Churchville 004 BBS route . I started
at 05:23 & finished at 10:16 am .Starting Temp of 50 & ending with 78. Sky
clear & wind was calm at first & wind speed picked up to a 1 on the scale at
finish .
I had a total of 68 species of birds with a total of 2158 indivisual birds .
Big misses for this year were Mallard , Black Vulture , Wood Thrush & Scarlet
Tanager . New to the list were La. Waterthrush & Blue - headed Vireo . High
lights were Bald Eagle ( adult ) , Cooper's Hawk . Peak counts for Summer were
Am. Kestrel -- 8 -- Matched , Red - bellied Woodpecker --17 -- Matched , Barn
Swallow -- 133 & House Finch --20 . Breeding records for Barn Swallow with just
fledged young in the Swoope area . Now for the list .
Canada Goose -- 35
No. Bobwhite -- 7
T V -- 18
Bald Eagle -- 1
Red - tailed Hawk -- 1
Cooper's Hawk -- 1
Am . Kestrel -- 8
Killdeer -- 2
Rock Pigeon -- 8
Mourning Dove -- 83
Yellow - billed Cuckoo -- 2
Black - billed Cuckoo --1
Chimney Swift -- 2
Red - headed Woodpecker -- 3
Red - bellied -- 17
Downy -- 2
No. Flicker -- 6
Pileated -- 3
E. Wood Pewee -- 3
E Phoebe -- 7
Great Crested Flycatcher -- 7
Willow Flycatcher -- 1
E. Kingbird --8
Yellow - throated Vireo -- 1
Blue Headed Vireo -- 1
Red -- eyed Vireo -- 3
Blue Jay -- 27
Am. Crow -- 101
Fish Crow -- 3
Raven -- 4
Tree Swallow -- 11
No. Rough - winged -- 2
Cliff -- 11
Barn -- 133
Carolina Chickadee -- 1
Titmouse -- 20
W B Nuthatch -- 5
Carolina Wren -- 19
House Wren -- 10
Bluebird -- 8
Robin -- 56
Catbird -- 5
Mockingbird -- 20
Brown Thrasher -- 10
Starling -- 399
Cedar Waxwing -- 11
La. Waterthrush -- 1
Chat -- 3
Towhee -- 10
Chipping Sparrow -- 13
Field -- 17
Vesper -- 1
Savannah -- 1
Grasshopper -- 7
Song -- 25
Cardinal -- 29
Blue Grosbeak -- 4
Indigo Bunting -- 11
Bobolink -- 12
Red - winged Blackbird -- 294
E Meadowlark -- 204
Grackle -- 365
Cowbird -- 8
Orchard Oriole -- 14
Baltimore Oriole -- 1
House Finch -- 20
Goldfinch -- 28
House Sparrow -- 3
After doing this route with Yulee Larner for several years & in 2001 she turned
over the route to me . With that she gave me all the records for this route
from the 70's to the year of 2000 . From the 60's they go back as far as 1966 &
the years of 1968 & 69 this route was not run . I checked on the high counts
for Summer & the list is as follows . Some of the counts are low & none has
been recorded until now . I think you will find this interesting as I did .
Bobwhite -- 61 -- June 1966
Am. Woodcock -- 5 -- June 1966
Rock Pigeon -- 55 -- June 8 1997
Black - billed Cuckoo -- 3 -- June 19 1970
Yellow billed Cuckoo -- 16 -- June 2 1995
Great horned Owl -- 2 -- June 9 1996
Common Nighthawk -- 6 June 1967
Belted Kingfisher -- 2 -- June 2 1995
Red Headed Woodpecker -- 4 - June 13 1975
Downy -- 9 - June 1967
No. Flicker -- 32 -- June 1966
Loggerhead Shrike -- 3 -- June 2 1995
Fish Crow -- 8 - June 18 1971
Horned Lark -- 3 - June 22 1973
Carolina Chickadee -- 9 -- June 2 1995
Bewick's Wren -- 2 -- June 1967
House Wren -- 16 -- June 13 1975
E. Bluebird -- 24 -- June 9 1996
Mockingbird -- 40 - June 1966
Starling -- 1793 -- June 1966
Yellow Warbler -- 4 - June 8 1990
Common Yellowthroat -- 2 - June 9 1996
Field Sparrow -- 41 -- June 1966
Vesper Sparrow -- 12 - June 22 1976
Grasshopper -- 25 -- June 1966
Red - winged Blackbird -- 621 - June 1966
Grackle -- 2476 -- June 1966
Cowbird -- 24 -- June 1966
Goldfinch -- 35 -- June 2 1995
House Sparrow -- 140 -- June 1966
Compare some of the old BBS records with this years BBS . Most interesting to
see how some of the species are about the same & some are not .
Allen Larner
Staunton
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