Birders,
Carole Miller, Emily Southgate, my husband, and I teamed up to form part of
the Sector 1 team for The Plains Christmas Bird Count yesterday, Sunday,
December 15. We traversed snowscapes, visited farms and scoped fields along
Rt. 626, Rt. 704, and Milestone Road. Highlights included a flock of 100
Horned Larks alongside cows grazing on freshly spread hay, 10 Killdeer in
the same vicinity, 2 Northern Harriers, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 2 Brown Creepers,
1 Belted Kingfisher, 8 Eastern Meadowlarks, and White-crowned Sparrows
along the roads just outside of the town of The Plains.
Our list follows:
Canada Goose
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Starlling
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Meadowlark
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Linda Millington
Upperville VA
