VA Birders,
20 people came out for the Northern Virginia Bird Club walk at Blandy Farm
today. It was a fabulous day to be out birding and we had a nice variety of
birds to make the day even more enjoyable. Highlights included an LA
Waterthrush, a Rusty Blackbird, a Vesper Sparrow seen flying away, Brown
Thrashers and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that entertained us while we were
compiling the list. We also saw a Red-headed Woodpecker along the public road
that makes up part of the Driving Loop. In addition to the Vesper, we had some
other nice sparrow sightings including singing Fox and White-crowned Sparrows.
I heard a Chickadee singing like a Black-capped, but I did not see the bird.
Does anyone know if a hybrid would sing a Back-capped song, or is it more
likely the bird was actually a BC Chickadee? Thanks to Joanna Taylor and Scott
Baron for co-leading with me, since I was somewhat handicapped by a case of
laryngitis.
Larry Meade
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Subject: eBird Report - Blandy Experimental Farm , 3/31/07
Location: Blandy Experimental Farm
Observation date: 3/31/07
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 7
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 4
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 8
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 7
Tree Swallow 25
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Eastern Bluebird 20
American Robin 100
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 300
Cedar Waxwing 28
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 5
Vesper Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 20
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
White-crowned Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed Junco 15
Northern Cardinal 12
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Eastern Meadowlark 7
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 18
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
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