[va-bird] Fw: American Tree Sparrow, others, Clarke Co
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- Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:56:56 -0500
Posted for Joe Coleman.
From: "Coleman" <jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: American Tree Sparrow, others, Clarke Co
The highlights of today's trip to Clarke Co, sponsored by ANS & LWC, were 5
AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS (3 at Blandy & 2 on a dirt road a few miles south of
Blandy), a GRAY CATBIRD, and a WINTER WREN (Blandy). about 50 other species
of birds. We also watched an immature BALD EAGLE (1 of 5) eating a fish it
had laid out on a horizontal limb over the Shenandoah. It was nice to see a
small flock of TUNDRA SWANS (5) fly over while we tallied at Snicker's Gap
at the end of the day. While we saw only 1 Red-shouldered Hawk we did find
17 RED-TAILED HAWKS.
In spite of great habitat for them, esp. south of Blandy, we found only 1
Northern Harrier.
We didn't find any loons on the Shenandoah, let alone a Red-throated Loon
(we passed that location about 3:30 pm), though we did watch a flock of
Common Loons fly far overhead while we were at Blandy.
Bird Observed:
Common Loons (distant flock flying over)
Great Blue Heron 4
Canada Goose 50+
Tundra Swan 5
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 12
Green-winged Teal 8
Bald Eagle 5
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 17
American Kestrel 2
Killdeer 2
Rock Dove 100+
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 50
Raven 2
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 25
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 150+
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
American Tree Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 4
White-crowned Sparrow 3 (Blandy)
Dark-eyed Junco 50+
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 10
House Finch 5
Am Goldfinch 50+
Joe Coleman
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