All,
Birded Eastern Rockingham County and Grand Caverns which I believe to be
just barely in Augusta county. Grand Caverns was pretty decent with FOY for
Blackthroated Blue, Chestnut-sided, and Kentucky Warbler, plus two
Yellow-billed Cuckoos.
In Rockingham County I was fortunate to get scope views on a Grasshopper
Sparrow on backroad to Leonard's Pond near intersection with 955 or is it
905? Leonards Pond was dead for the most part with just a single Yellowlegs
present and 2 Killdeer. The Pond at Green Valley Auction was really busy
with lots of Shorebirds but just 4 species that I could detect; Solitary,
both Yellowlegs and Spotted.
There is a Wetlands area along Port Republic Road between 340 and the
Shenandoah National Park on your right near a cemetary. This looks to be
excellent habitat but I have never found any birds there of note til today
when I heard but did not see 2 Soras. Madison Run was dead for some reason
but the back road between Madison Run and Island Ford was decent.
Sincerely,
William Leigh
Bridgewater VA
List for Rockingham County excluding Grand Caverns....
Number of species: 65
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 10
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor 2
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 1
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 10
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis 1
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis 4
Common Loon - Gavia immer 2
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 9
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 1
Sora - Porzana carolina 2
American Coot - Fulica americana 8
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 3
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 4
Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria 5
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 2
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 7
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 2
Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 3
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 2
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 1
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 1
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus 1
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 1
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus 2
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 5
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 20
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 55
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 25
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 2
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 10
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 3
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 2
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis 2
Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina 2
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 10
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 2
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 4
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 15
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 25
Worm-eating Warbler - Helmitheros vermivorum 1
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 2
Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis 1
Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea 1
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 3
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 15
Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum 2
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 3
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 5
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys 10
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 10
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 12
Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna 3
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 10
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 6
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula 4
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 35
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
