I conducted a local breeding bird count yesterday on one territory northwest of
Lynchburg north of US 501 to the James River and another at College Lake in
Lynchburg. Not nearly as many birds were singing yesterday as when I was out
scouting a week ago. I was shocked to find a female WOOD DUCK with seven
ducklings at College Lake. Sediment continues to fill this lake. I lived on the
lake for several years and hadn't seen Wood Ducks breeding there for awhile
plus the condition of the lake has worsened significantly since we moved from
there three years ago. I could only see one juvenile BALD EAGLE yesterday due
to vegetation obstructing my view of the nest and not wanting to get close
enough to disturb the parents. There were two juveniles there three weeks ago
when I helped band them. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of HAIRY
WOODPECKERS I found as some years I don't get any on the territory northwest of
town. I'm lucky to have well-monitored PURPLE MARTINS' nests in my territory so
I can include the number of nests, eggs and young. Five COMMON RAVENS were
observed at one location near the James River including one carrying food.
Someone told me about the KILLDEER's nest which is at the edge of a parking
lot. The complete list of species for each territory follows. I only spent an
hour and a half at College Lake late in the afternoon after finishing covering
the other territory so the number of species found there is less than usual.
Rexanne Bruno
Lynchburg, VA
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Location: Winter & Breeding BC territory
Number of species: 64
Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 12 very young ducklings observed with adult female
Green Heron 2
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 9
Bald Eagle 2 observed 1 adult feeding 1 juvenile in nest
Killdeer 1 adult observed on nest with 4 eggs
Rock Pigeon 9
Mourning Dove 14
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Chimney Swift 13
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 20
Common Raven 6 one carrying what appeared to be food
Purple Martin 28 13 adults, 8 nests, 23 eggs, 15 young
Tree Swallow 4 observed adult carrying food to nest
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 observed carrying food
Barn Swallow 11 observed carrying food
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 23
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 21 one nest box had with 2 young; another nest with 1
egg
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 8
European Starling 18
Cedar Waxwing 4
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 30
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 30
Indigo Bunting 9
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 22
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch 14
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 5 adult feeding two fledglings
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org ;
<http://mail.lynchburg.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ebird.org> )
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Location: College Lake
Number of species: 21
Canada Goose 36 3 pairs of adults w/ a total of 11 goslings
Wood Duck 8 adult female with 7 ducklings
Mallard 22
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 9 group with 2 adults and 3 juveniles; juveniles begging
& adults feeding them
American Robin 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org ;
<http://mail.lynchburg.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ebird.org> )
