I wonder if the messages that don't go through ever get logged?
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From: Kurt Gaskill [mailto:KurtCapt87@xxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:08 PM
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Subject: No. Alexandria Sub-Sector of the DC CBC, 12/17/05
VA BIRDers,
For the DC CBC I lead a team of birders doing the North sub-Sector of the
count: Marc Ribaudo, Larry Meade, Bill Sain and myself. We covered the
territory from the Dyke Marsh picnic area to Dangerfield Island (mainly: the
Alexandria waterfront). Top observations were Wilson's Warbler (first for
the route) and Lincoln's Sparrow, both in the shrubby/vine covered area near
the Hunting Creek mudflats north of Hunting Creek. Other fine observations
were Tundra Swan (first on this route in 7 yrs), two Peregrine Falcons on
the new Wilson Bridge-works, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Gray Catbirds and
American Tree Sparrow. Biggest miss was Fox Sparrow. We tallied 64 species
(ave = 61, N=7). I should note that there were reduced gull numbers this
year on the Hunting Creek mudflats. The preliminary totals are presented
below.
Kurt Gaskill
Canada Goose 596
Tundra Swan 1
Wood Duck 1
Am. Black Duck 39
Mallard 92
No. Shoveler 11
No. Pintail 4
Lesser Scaup 7
Bufflehead 7
Common Merganser 21
Pied-billed Grebe 7
DC Cormorant 35
Great Blue Heron 16
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Bald Eagle 9 (unadjusted total)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Peregrine Falcon 2
Am. Coot 6
Killdeer 8
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1077
Herring Gull 83
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Rock Pigeon 332
Mourning Dove 30
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied WP 3
YB Sapsucker 3
Downy WP 19
No. Flicker 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 124
crow sp. 291
C. Chickadee 7
Brown Creeper 2
C. Wren 38
W. Wren 8
GC Kinglet 3
RC Kinglet 5
Hermit Thrush 2
Am. Robin 27
Gray Catbird 2
No. Mockingbird 16
E. Starling 237
Cedar Waxwing 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Wilson's Warbler 1 - yellow forehead suggests pileolata, some slight
darkness (irregular in shape) on crown was also noted
Am. Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 103
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 14
White-throated Sparrow 77
DE Junco 28
No. Cardinal 77
Red-winged BB 148
Rusty BB 1
Common Grackle 3
blackbird sp. 1
House Finch 46
Am. Goldfinch 24
House Sparrow 63
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