Greetings to all:
Went to Staunton River State Park today to do some scouting for the upcoming
Banister River WMA Christmas Count.
Totaled 44 species for the day at the park and several other at Runt Powell's
farm on the way down.
The big surprise today to me was finding 6 female Common Mergansers which I
have found in the park for years in February but it has been a long time since
I have seen them there since the Staunton River is filling in with islands.
Didn't find that many sparrows today because it was so warm and didn't see a
Bald Eagle until 5 PM.
Hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas
May the LORD Bless and Keep you
Jeffrey Blalock
103 Elizabeth Court
South Boston, VA 24592
434-572-8619 Home
434-470-4352 Cell
jcbabirder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Staunton River Battlefield State Park - PSR02, Halifax, US-VA
Dec 19, 2013 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
44 species
Mallard 6
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 15
Common Merganser 6
Great Blue Heron 4
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 11
Bald Eagle 1 Didn't see it until 1700 hrs.
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 5
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 350
Mourning Dove 11
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 45
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 16
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 85
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 440
Cedar Waxwing 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 16
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 30
Northern Cardinal 5
American Goldfinch 5
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16024624
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