VA Birders,
The Northern Virginia Bird Club (_www.NVABC.org_ (http://www.NVABC.org) )
trip to Leesylvania State Park brought out 11 birders today. The wind made it
fairly chilly at time, but we managed to see 33 species despite a shortage of
waterfowl. The land birds were more of a highlight as we got excellent views
of Brown Creepers, Eastern Bluebirds, a Hairy Woodpecker and most of the
regulars. After the trip, I drove over and found the Ross's Goose on Parkgate
Road hanging out with its Canada Goose pals. I also took a picture of a
female American Kestrel hovering over a field. She was flapping her wings
rapidly while facing into the wind which resulted in no forward progress. She
did
this several times, so maybe she was doing it so that she could look for
prey. My Kestrel picture along with Kurt Gaskill's shot of the Ross's Goose
can
be seen at
_http://www.uberlarry.smugmug.com/gallery/1398269_ ;
(http://www.uberlarry.smugmug.com/gallery/1398269)
Here's the list for the NVBC trip:
Location: Leesylvania State Park
Observation date: 1/20/07
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose 180
Tundra Swan 4
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 45
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 1500
Bald Eagle 3
Ring-billed Gull 80
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 6
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 18
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 2
European Starling 12
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 50
Northern Cardinal 11
American Goldfinch 25
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (_http://www.ebird.org_ ;
(http://www.ebird.org) )
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
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Location: Leesylvania State Park
Observation date: 1/20/07
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose 180
Tundra Swan 4
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 45
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 1500
Bald Eagle 3
Ring-billed Gull 80
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 6
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 18
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 2
European Starling 12
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 50
Northern Cardinal 11
American Goldfinch 25
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