Yesterday I birded Richmond County (Northern
Neck) along the Rappahannock south of Warsaw
exploring new spots that I had never visited
before. It was fun finding new spots that are
good for birds. Here are the highlights:
Tappahannock Bridge (Essex/Richmond Co line) 9AM:
first Osprey of the year
175 double-crested cormorant
no ducks visible in river
2 fish crow
gulls: 35 Ring-billed, 40 great black-backed, 20
herring
Totuskey Creek boat ramp: 1 otter
Simonson and vicinity
350 canvasback
3 american wigeon
4 goldeneye (great close views of gorgeous male)
8 bufflehead
85 canada geese and 10 mallards
Farnham Creek
1 pine warbler
34 tundra swan
16 american goldeneye (1 male)
1 greater scaup
30 bufflehead (16 male)
4 hooded merganser (1 male)
85 Canada Geese
2 red-tailed hawk
2 savannah sparrow 2 swamp sparrow
gulls: 2100 ring-billed, 85 herring
Little Florida and Sharps
1435 Canada Geese
20 canvasback
500 scaup
2 common loon
40 red-breasted merganser (30 male)
20 american goldeneye (8 male)
15 bufflehead
Hales Point
24 surf scoter
1 common loon
2 americna goldeneye
5 bufflehead
Suggetts Point
235 ruddy duck
10 male red-breasted merganser
10 bufflehead
North of Warsaw
Mulberry Island (N of Naylors) private reserve
45 red-breasted merganser (4 female)
3 imm bald eagle
45 mallard
1 pintail
8 wood duck
4 savannah sparrow, 15 swamp sparrow
miscellaneous
woodcock courting at dusk (Leedstown)
26 bluebirds
1 yellow-beliied sapsucker
2 brown thrasher
3 kestrel
2 red-tailed, 3 red-shouldered, 1 sharp-shinned
hawk
5 hermit thrush
roadside sparrows: 75 white-throats, 1 chipping,
35 song, 2 white-crowned, 1 swamp, 70 junco
All the best
Fred
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Frederick D. Atwood fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org
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