Saturday on the Piedmont
KurtCapt87@aol.com
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 18:37:42 EST
Folks,
Went birding from 0745-1445 on (mainly) the Piedmont today, 7 Nov 98, at
Dulles Wetlands, VA (D, 2.5 hrs), Beaverdam Reservoir area (B, 1.5 hrs), and
at Snicker's Gap (S, 2 hrs) before going home. 54 species spotted, trip list
follows. Common Loon (S:1), Double-crested Cormorant (B:1), Great Blue Heron
(B:1), Canada Goose (D:30, B:200), American Black Duck (D:10), Mallard (D:8),
Ring-necked Duck (B:1), Bufflehead (B:7), Black Vulture (S:12), Turkey Vulture
(D:2, B:10, S:22), Bald Eagle (S:1), Northern Harrier (D:2, B:1), Cooper's
Hawk (S:1), Red-tailed Hawk (S:12, Dulles tollroad:1), Golden Eagle (S:1),
American Kestrel (D:1, Dulles tollroad:2), Killdeer (D:2, B:2), Greater
Yellowlegs (D:1, B:2, sorry David, no Dunlin), Rock Dove (D:10), Mourning Dove
(D:1, B:4), Belted Kingfisher (D:1, B:1), Red-bellied Woodpecker (D:2, S:3),
Downy Woodpecker (D:2), Northern Flicker (D:1), Pileated Woodpecker (D:1),
Blue Jay (D:5, B:3), American Crow(D:20+,B:100+,S:20+), Fish Crow(B:10),
Common Raven (S:6), Carolina Chickadee (D:4, B:2), Tufted Titmouse (D:6, B:2),
Carolina Wren (D:6, B:4, S:2), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (D:1), Eastern Bluebird
(D:12+), Hermit Thrush (B:2+), American Robin (D:20+, B:25), Northern
Mockingbird (D:4), Cedar Waxwing (D:16, S:45+), European Starling (D:10, S),
Yellow-rumped Warbler (D:6+, B:2), Northern Cardinal (D:4, B:2, S:2), American
Tree Sparrow (D:2), Chipping Sparrow (D:1), Field Sparrow (D:2), Fox
Sparrow(B:2), Song Sparrow (D:15+, B:15+), Swamp Sparrow (D:1, B:4), White-
throated Sparrow (D:20+, B:18, S:2+), White-crowned Sparrow (D:2, B:2), Dark-
eyed Junco (D:10+, B:30+), Eastern Meadowlark (D:2), Common Grackle (D:2),
House Finch (D:8), American Goldfinch (D:20, B:12)
Kurt Gaskill, kurtcapt87@aol.com