On the last three Sunday afternoons I have spent about 1 1/2 hours counting
the sparrows at Difficult Run near Samaga Rd in Oakton. Here are the results.
Bird Species: # on Nov 3/ # on Nov 10/ # Nov 17
Song Sparrow: 55/55/40
Swamp Sparrow: 15/11/5
Chipping Sparrow: 2/8/0
Field Sparrow: 1/10/4
Fox Sparrow: 5/4/17(the most I've seen in 1 flock)
White-throated Sparrow: 20/40/25
Junco: 10/15/25
Towhee: 1/0/0
Other Birds:
Merlin: 1/0/0
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1/1/0
Red-tailed Hawk: 0/1/0
Red-shouldered Hawk: 0/1/0
Barred Owl: 1/0/0
Phoebe: 1/0/0
Hermit Thrush: 0/1/0
Winter Wren: 3/2/7
Bluebird: 2/2/4
Robin: 180/2/0
Cardinal: 15/19/25
Goldfinch: 5/5/8
Mockingbird: 3/2/3
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 4/2/2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 5/1/0
Brown creeper: 0/2/2
Great Blue Heron: 0/0/1
Other birds seen each week: flicker, downy, hairy, red-bellied, pileated,
blue-jay, common crow, carolina chickadee, titmouse,
Birds were eating the following berries today in the cold rain:
poison ivy: white-throated sparrow (2), junco (20), Cardinal (15), flicker (4),
downy (3), hairy (1), red-bellied (1), titmouse (2)
multiflora rose: cardinal (1)
mile-a-minute: cardinal (1)
sycamore seeds: goldfinch (5)
tulip poplar seeds: cardinal (7)
arrowwood berries: bluebird (4)
The fox sparrows didn't show me what they were eating. They were mostly under
the tangles of polygonum. The ones I saw were feeding by leaf-kicking.
All the best
Fred Atwood
Frederick D. Atwood fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org
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