Spent a morning birding in the northern part of Highland, excluding the
Laurel Fork highlands. My quest was to find one of those summer Golden
Eagles, of which there have been some sightings. No luck with that, but
I did end up with a satisfactory list. Goldfinches were everywhere.
Still some ongoing breeding activity with fledged young and adults
carrying food for a number of species.
Should anyone get out there and see (or better yet photograph) a golden
eagle, please post it or let me know. Sandy Hevener and Patti Reum are
diligently keeping track of all eagle sightings, golden or bald.
John Spahr
Staunton
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Location: Highland County, VA, US
Observation date: 8/14/07
Number of species: 59
Canada Goose 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 13
Bald Eagle 1 (adult)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 (harassing a pair of kestrels attempting to feed a
fledged young)
Red-tailed Hawk 8 (including 1 big fledged bird begging for feeding)
American Kestrel 4
Killdeer 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 55
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 5 (includes 2 brown-headed young birds)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 8
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 12
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 22
Common Raven 5
Tree Swallow 15
Cliff Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 115
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 9
American Robin 19
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 388
Cedar Waxwing 3
Golden-winged Warbler 1 (at Margaret O'Bryans)
Northern Parula 1
American Redstart 1
Eastern Towhee 12 (including a few young birds)
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 8 (including a few young birds)
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 7
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 5 (including a few young birds)
Bobolink 21 (all in basic plumage, with a few attempting to sung)
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Eastern Meadowlark 8
Common Grackle 4
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 110
House Sparrow 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
