Allen,
I went back to the Shrike area and didn't see the Shrike but did manage to
discover a small flock of about 20 Savanah Sparrows along Levick Road (the
dirt road section to the left of Cattleman road) The bridge was flooded so I
didn't get to explore the rest of that area. Also picked up two Northern
Harriers. Thanks for leading the trip... it is a neat area!
W
William Leigh
Bridgewater VA
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Subject: [shenvalbirds] Swoope Field trip
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:50:26 -0400
Hello all
Yesterday 4 hardy souls braved the cold 24 degrees with a ?? wind chill .
We ended up with 45 species of birds with the high lights being the
following . Loggerhead Shrike at the usual spot on Cattleman Rd. near
Livick Rd & several Meadowlark . Hooded Merganser , Black Duck & Coots at
Smith's . Pied Billed Grebe , Ring -necked Duck at the Boy Scout Camp .
Also with Towhee & Fox Sparrow . At the Augusta Wetlands we had highlights
of Fox & Swamp Sparrow , Red Shouldered & Red tailed Hawks , Golden -
crowned Kinglet & Raven . After the trip was over I went home & picked up
Pat & we went out in search of any waterfowl or small land birds that the
storm dropped in . During the field trip in swoope we had record numbers of
Black birds & Robins . Even with the low numbers of Waterfowl the other
birds made it up . Below is a list of spring records for our areas in
Augusta County .
Golden - crowned Kinglet -- 10 Augusta Wetlands
Am. Robin -- 600+ Swoope & 197 thru out Aug . Co. -- 797 +
Red - winged Blackbird -- 350+ Swoope & 400+ thru out Aug. Co. -- 750 +
Brown - headed Cowbird -- 250 + in Swoope & 215 thru out Aug. Co. -- 465+
Rough - winged Swallow -- 1 on Rt. 887 Vance Rd. in Stuarts Draft --
early date
Not a bad day of birding but cold as blue blazes .
Allen Larner
Staunton
