The Lynchburg Bird Club conducted its 31st annual Breeding Bird Count on
Saturday June 5th, with a few territories being covered within a day or two
of this date. The count covers our Christmas Bird Count circle, which is
centered on Lynchburg College in town. Twenty-five individual participated,
down a little from an average of about 30, and our species total of 98 was
off a tad from our 31 year average of 100.4.
Best find was a singing and calling Yellow-bellied Flycatcher reported
earlier, found by Mike Boatwright along the James River in Amherst County at
the end of Salt Creek Road. This was the fourth county record and second
for the spring.
Rexanne Bruno found seven Cliff Swallows at Reusen's Dam on the James River
near the Bedford County line; this was the sixth record for the count.
And an American Woodcock was flushed at the end of a ravine near the James
River in Amherst County. The species was seen on the count yearly through
1990, but since then has been recorded on only three counts.
For the fifth year in a row a pair of Great Blue Herons is nesting at a
small pond in Amherst County.
No adult Bald Eagles were seen on the count, but two sightings of immatures
(possibly the same individual) were made. A pair of adults probably nested
successfully again on the James River near town.
The count of 44 Yellow-billed Cuckoos was the highest since 1988, although
we had 34 in 2000 and 27 in 2001.
Below is a complete list for the count.
Gene Sattler
Lynchburg
Double-crested Cormorant
1
Great Blue Heron
13
Green Heron
16
Canada Goose
381
Wood Duck
9
Mallard
67
Black Vulture
18
Turkey Vulture
90
Bald Eagle
2
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
Cooper's Hawk
3
Broad-winged Hawk
1
Red-tailed Hawk
25
American Kestrel
2
Wild Turkey
8
Northern Bobwhite
13
Killdeer
21
Spotted Sandpiper
1
American Woodcock
1
Rock Pigeon
30
Mourning Dove
235
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
44
Eastern Screech-Owl
6
Barred Owl
1
Whip-Poor-Will
4
Chimney Swift
200
RT Hummingbird
29
Belted Kingfisher
18
Red-headed Woodpecker
4
Red-bellied Woodpecker
81
Downy Woodpecker
30
Hairy Woodpecker
7
Northern Flicker
24
Pileated Woodpecker
30
Eastern Wood-Pewee
51
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1
Acadian Flycatcher
9
Eastern Phoebe
27
Great Crested Flycatcher
14
Eastern Kingbird
37
Purple Martin
29
Tree Swallow
36
N. Rough-winged Swallow
103
Cliff Swallow
7
Barn Swallow
75
Blue Jay
149
American Crow
227
Fish Crow
7
Common Raven
2
Carolina Chickadee
112
Tufted Titmouse
129
White-breasted Nuthatch
34
Carolina Wren
126
House Wren
19
Blue -gray Gnatcatcher
58
Eastern Bluebird
171
Wood Thrush
70
American Robin
226
Gray Catbird
45
Northern Mockingbird
214
Brown Thrasher
45
Cedar Waxwing
21
European Starling
446
White-eyed Vireo
12
Yellow-throated Vireo
8
Warbling Vireo
5
Red-eyed Vireo
84
Yellow Warbler
5
Yellow-throated Warbler
1
Pine Warbler
2
Prairie Warbler
12
Prothonotary Warbler
3
Worm-eating Warbler
4
Ovenbird
7
Louisiana Waterthrush
11
Kentucky Warbler
1
Common Yellowthroat
16
Hooded Warbler
1
Yellow-breasted Chat
22
Summer Tanager
4
Scarlet Tanager
16
Northern Cardinal
339
Blue Grosbeak
18
Indigo Bunting
173
Eastern Towhee
77
Chipping Sparrow
63
Field Sparrow
35
Grasshopper Sparrow
7
Song Sparrow
111
Red-winged Blackbird
78
Eastern Meadowlark
34
Common Grackle
525
Brown-headed Cowbird
66
Orchard Oriole
35
Baltimore Oriole
29
House Finch
138
American Goldfinch
131
House Sparrow
46
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