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16 Mar Deadline approaching for hotel discount for VSO Annual
Meeting [Shirley Devan ] 16 Mar (5) E. Phoebes snd Woodcock at Monticello Park ["Albright, Tom (USMS)" ] 15 Mar No park closings after all! ["Marcella Fruchter" ] 15 Mar Piney Grove trip on May 29 is full ["Meredith Bell" ] 15 Mar California Gull First Landing State Park [Andrew Baldelli ] 15 Mar Second GB Heron Rookery in Augusta County ["Allen & Pat" ] 15 Mar Huntley Meadows Monday Morning Birdwalk [Harry Glasgow ] 15 Mar Ducks in Halifax Co. ["Jeffrey Blalock" ] 15 Mar Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival ["Living, Stephen (DGIF)" ] 15 Mar carolina wrens [crhuff55 ] 15 Mar Re: Dearth of Carolina wrens at Huntley ["Paul Woodward" ] 14 Mar Dearth of Carolina wrens at Huntley ["Pam Koger-Jesup and Ben Jesup" ] 14 Mar Riverbend Park [] 14 Mar Common Raven - Prince George Co. 3-14 [] 14 Mar Tidewater today [] 14 Mar Horned Grebe at Riverbend Park [Rob Young ] 14 Mar Spring fun [] 14 Mar Re: Need help with bird ID [Maddog ] 14 Mar Pine warblers, siskins, purple finch [] 14 Mar California Gull First Landing State Park [Andrew Baldelli ] 14 Mar Fwd: eBird Report - Chesapeake, Chesapeake County, VA, US , 3/14/10 ["David R. Gibson" ] 14 Mar Dyke Marsh Field Trip, Frfx Co, 14 Mar 2010 ["Kurt Gaskill" ] 14 Mar fos grackle - forest, va [candi harris ] 14 Mar Black-chinned or Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Va Beach [Karen Kearney ] 14 Mar Re: Need help with bird ID [Tony Futcher ] 14 Mar FOY Louisiana Waterthrush - Great Dismal Swamp ["Robert Ake" ] 14 Mar Need help with bird ID [Nathan Cummings ] 14 Mar Signs of migration at Huntley, incl. PINE WARBLER (3/14) ["Pam Koger-Jesup and Ben Jesup" ] 14 Mar Kirtland's Warbler search, Wise County, 2010 [Ned Brinkley ] 14 Mar Birding Binoculars [Karen Brandt ] 14 Mar Occoquan Bay NWR, 3/14 ["MARC RIBAUDO" ] 13 Mar pectoral sandpiper, tree swallows, purple finches, rusty blackbirds, northern neck [Frederick Atwood ] 13 Mar Hog Island Field Trip [] 13 Mar Hog Island Field Trip [] 13 Mar Re: Kerr Reservoir 3/13 ["Janice Frye" ] 13 Mar Birds Seen Banshee Reeks & Dulles Wetlands (Loudoun Co) ["Joe Coleman" ] 13 Mar Kerr Reservoir 3/13 [Adam D'Onofrio ] 13 Mar 3 Merganser day [Mark Johnson ] 13 Mar Eastern Towhee in backyard [Deapesh Misra ] 12 Mar thrush songs [nicholas flanders ] 12 Mar hawks over Charlottesville [david shoch ] 12 Mar Eurasian Collared-Doves - Halifax Co. [Paul Glass ] 12 Mar Great Blue Heron Rookery in Augusta County ["Allen & Pat" ] 12 Mar Re: Eagle question [William Leigh ] 12 Mar Eagle question ["David R. Gibson" ] 12 Mar (no subject) ["David R. Gibson" ] 12 Mar Birding Highest Valley in VA - Burkes Garden ["Roger Mayhorn" ] 11 Mar Killdeer in Troutville ["Nancy Young" ] 11 Mar Fwd: Birth of Hummingbirds [] 11 Mar Occoquan Bay NWR ["Gizzarelli, Jason" ] 11 Mar Red Tailed Hawk courting behavior [Stephen Johnson ] 11 Mar Fwd: eBird Report - Great Dismal Swamp NWR--Lake Drummond , 3/11/10 ["David R. Gibson" ] 11 Mar Fwd: eBird Report - Suffolk, Suffolk County, VA, US , 3/11/10 ["David R. Gibson" ] 11 Mar Caspian Tern Norfolk / Virginia Beach [Andrew Baldelli ] 11 Mar Hopewell, James River [Barbara Houston ] 11 Mar Fwd: [va-richmond-general] MARCH 13 TRIP TO BELMEAD RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 10 [Wendy Ealding ] 11 Mar Bird Walk, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, (Loudoun Co), March 13 ["Joe Coleman" ] 11 Mar E. PHOEBE at Monticello Park ["Albright, Tom (USMS)" ] 10 Mar Mar 18, Thursday, 7PM, Dinner 5:30PM, Richmond Audubon Society MonthlyMeeting [Diane Jadlowski ] 10 Mar Mar 13, Sat, 11 AM Richmond City Heron Rookery Tour [Diane Jadlowski ] 10 Mar Ridgeway Park; Dismal Swamp report [nicholas flanders ] 10 Mar Fwd: eBird Report - Great Dismal Swamp NWR--Canal Trail , 3/10/10 ["David R. Gibson" ] 10 Mar Recent sightings in Halifax County - Bald Eagles, Snipes, American Woodcocks & American Bittern ["Jeffrey Blalock" ] 10 Mar Huntley Meadows - Rusty Blackbirds [] 10 Mar Barred Owl @ the Wetlands [Ron Benson ] 10 Mar Riverbend Park: Swans, Ducks [Donald Sweig ] 10 Mar CVWO First Landing State Park Songbird Banding Station [] 10 Mar Cooper's Hawks at College Creek Hawkwatch [] 10 Mar Snow Geese [jacob barkett ] 10 Mar migrating canada geese [crhuff55 ] 10 Mar Fwd: eBird Report - Chesapeake, Chesapeake County, VA, US , 3/10/10 ["David R. Gibson" ] 10 Mar Re: Leucistic or Kriders Red Tail Hawk [William Leigh ] 10 Mar Selasphorus hummer continues in Bon Air/Richmond ["Janice Frye" ] 10 Mar Canada Geese migrating (2) [David Bridge ] 10 Mar Voice: Greater Washington Area, March 9 (corrected) ["Joe Coleman" ] 10 Mar rockingham co. sunday birds ["Bill Benish & Robyn Puffenbarger" ] Subject: Deadline approaching for hotel discount for VSO Annual Meeting From: Shirley Devan <sedevan52 AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:31:38 -0400 Greetings, VA Birders Only a week remains to get the special rate at the Hampton Inn in Farmville for the VSO Annual Meeting April 23-25. Here is the info for the hotel: The Hampton Inn, 300 Sunchase Blvd., Farmville, will serve as headquarters for the meeting. Thirty rooms (20 doubles, 10 kings) have been reserved at a special rate of $109.00, plus tax. Reservations must be made by March 23 to obtain the special rate. When reserving, use the code “VSO.” The Hampton Inn can be contacted by phone at (434) 392-8826. Also, register for the conference itself by April 1. Only $40 for the conference and field trips. Only $30 for the Saturday night banquet featuring guest speaker, Ted Floyd, editor of Birding, and author of the 2008 Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Field trips will venture to some of Piedmont's birdiest spots that most of us only read about on the Listserve when folks in the Piedmont submit their observations: Bear Creek Lake SP and Cumberland State Forest Briery Creek and Sandy Creek Reservoirs Darlington Heights CBC Area Dick Cross WMA and Kerr Reservoir High Bridge Trail State Park and Smith Farm Holliday Lake State Park and Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest Red Hill Plantation and Patrick Henry National Memorial Staunton River Battlefield State Park Twin Lakes State Park Wilck’s Lake Evening trip for Piedmont Owls and Nightjars You don't need to be a VSO member to attend the conference. You can print out a registration form at the VSO web site: http://www.virginiabirds.net/VSO_PDFs/VSO_Nwsltr_WI0910.pdf I look forward to seeing you at the Conference! Shirley Devan Williamsburg Bird Club http://williamsburgbirdclub.org/ Board member, Virginia Society of Ornithology http://www.virginiabirds.net/index.html Ph: 757.813.1322 I'm now on facebook ... _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: (5) E. Phoebes snd Woodcock at Monticello Park From: "Albright, Tom (USMS)" <Tom.Albright2 AT usdoj.gov> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:56:56 -0400 _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: No park closings after all! From: "Marcella Fruchter" <mfruchter AT his.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:20:06 -0400 I just received this good news from my NOVAC group ---- update on the VA park closings. - Marcy It was announced on the Virginia State Parks Blog today that there would be no park closings after all. Yay! Here's the link to the blog for the details: http://networkedblogs.com/p29584531 -Rebecca From: Larry AngrimsonSubject: Piney Grove trip on May 29 is full From: "Meredith Bell" <merandlee AT cox.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:40:55 -0400 Hi VA-Birders, We now have the maximum 15 people registered for the May 29 VSO field trip to Piney Grove. If you'd like to be added to the waiting list, please send me your name, telephone number and email address. The VSO Annual Meeting will be held April 23-25 in Farmville. Program and registration information are on the Home page of the VSO website: http://virginiabirds.net/ The VSO summer field trip will be June 4-6 in Highland County. Details here: http://virginiabirds.net/f_trips.html Lots of opportunities to get together with fellow birding enthusiasts! Meredith Bell merandlee AT cox.net 804-642-2197_______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: California Gull First Landing State Park From: Andrew Baldelli <andrewbaldelli AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:54:04 -0700 (PDT) The California Gull was present today at First Landing SP. Today David Hughes
and I viewed the gull a little further east on beach. The bird was in the pools
of water along the beach and also feeding In the surf. The rainy weather kept
beach traffic way down and the bird remained at spot for bout 3hrs . We left
the bird resting on beach right by a small brown building ,which is on the Fort
Story area of beach. If anybody plans to look for gull I suggest going very
early before beach traffic gets heavy.
Cheers
Andrew
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Subject: Second GB Heron Rookery in Augusta CountyFrom: "Allen & Pat" <larnersky AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:45 -0400 Hello all After leaving work about an hour ago I decided to swing by where there were 6 empty stick nests in a single tree . I found these nests back in Dec. while doing the CBC . The last time I checked was on last Thursday but no birds . But today is another story . There were 5 G B Herons taking up 4 of the 6 nests . One nest had a pair copulating & 3 nests had single birds in them . . Getting there -- take Rt. 250 off of I 81 ( exit 222 ) & go easton Rt. 250 to the light at Shoney's & McDonald's --- turn left go to the top of hill & turn right onto Sanger's Lane follow to the new bridge & after going accross bridge go about 2 tenths of mile to the turn . On the left is an open corn field & you will see a tree ( Sycamore ) along the stream . This dirt road is traveled but not as heavy as the Franks Mill Rd. is . Pull off as far as you can . Allen Larner Staunton _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: Huntley Meadows Monday Morning Birdwalk From: Harry Glasgow <harry.glasgow AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:46:40 -0700 (PDT) Despite the cold, steady rain, darkness and a general gloom, 8 birders took
part in this morning's Huntley Meadows Monday Morning Birdwalk. It was a
somewhat abbreviated walk due to the weather, and only 27 species were
sighted. Highlights were the ducks, and the coffee at Denny's. I checked
today with the Huntley volunteer who oversees the Duck Nesting box program, and
was told that 3 boxes held Hooded Merganser nests (with 13 eggs in one) and 1
Wood Duck nest in another. Additionally, this group has constructed and
installed several boxes along the outflow area of the central wetland designed
to attract Prothonotary Warblers. Hopeful signs of the impending spring.
Canada Goose 109
Wood Duck 11
Gadwall 20
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 11
Green-winged Teal 2
Hooded Merganser 10
Great Blue Heron 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 24
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Fish Crow 1
crow sp. 2
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 6
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 25
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 24
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 24
The Monday Morning birdwalk has been a weekly event at Huntley Meadows since
1985. It takes place every week, rain or shine, at 7AM, is free of charge,
requires no reservation, and is open to all. Birders meet in the parking lot
at the Park's entrance at 3701 Lockheed Blvd, Alexandria, VA. Be advised that
during winter months the walk may be called off at the last minute if trail
conditions are thought to be too hazardous to use. Questions should be
directed to Park staff during normal business hours at (703) 768-2525.
Harry Glasgow
Friends of Huntley Meadows Park
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Subject: Ducks in Halifax Co.From: "Jeffrey Blalock" <jcbabirder AT gcronline.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 -0400 Greetings to all: At Edmund's Park in South Boston a single Ruddy Duck was seen on Sunday March 14 and again on Monday March 15, 2010. With the lowlands flooding, I drove down Wolftrap Rd (St Rd 716) in Halifax Co looking for ducks and saw several pairs of Wood Ducks and 2 pairs of Mallards on Sunday March 14, 2010. I checked again this morning for ducks and only saw 2 female Hooded Mergansers. A single Winter Wren was seen on Sunday on March 14 also, along with three or four Great Blue Herons flying back and forth as they worked the shallow flooded fields and woods. I also had three Purple Finches at my backyard feeders on Sunday. And a visit from a Sharp-shinned Hawk on Sunday and again this morning. Good Birding Always Jeff Blalock South Boston, VA 24592 jcbabirder AT gcronline.com _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival From: "Living, Stephen (DGIF)" <Stephen.Living AT dgif.virginia.gov> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:21:47 -0400 Virginia Birders, Save the Date for the 18th Annual Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival! The festival will be held from Oct 8th through 10th, with a kick-off events at Onancock on Oct. 7th. The festival Headquarters is again in Cape Charles, VA with birding trips by land and sea to a variety of spots across the Shore, including private properties not generally open to the public. After 17th years of dedication and hard work to keep the festival going the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce has had to step back to focus on other aspects of their mission. Many thanks to the Eastern Shore Chamber for their tireless work to support the festival. The planning and operations of the festival will be taken over by a dedicated nonprofit organization - "Eastern Shore of Virginia Festivals" with the support of the Northampton Chamber of Commerce, The Cape Charles Business Association and the Town of Cape Charles. The other traditional partners all remain committed to carrying on this excellent event. As more specifics about this year's festival become available I'll post to the listserve. Cheers, Steve Stephen Living Watchable Wildlife Biologist Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: carolina wrens From: crhuff55 <crhuff55 AT aol.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:03:39 -0400 my resident carolina wrens are now busy with nest building in the garage, and the ones that were in our horse barn do not seem to be around now - i have been feeding mealworms near the house - but i have not seen a winter wren in ages - i had one near the house and knew where there were two others at various places near the paths i walk on near the potomac - i fear they have not made it - i do believe that the bird feeders made a huge difference in various birds' ability to survive the snow - christie huffman - great falls, va_______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: Re: Dearth of Carolina wrens at Huntley From: "Paul Woodward" <grackling AT att.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:41:40 -0400 During winters with heavy snow Carolina Wrens suffer heavy mortality because their food supplies are covered and they don't have the option of moving since they maintain their territories throughout the year. Paul Woodward Fairfax City, VA grackling AT att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Pam Koger-Jesup and Ben Jesup To: Va-Bird Cc: Mathews, Jim ; Jason Waanders ; nitpickers AT aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:33 PM Subject: [Va-bird] Dearth of Carolina wrens at Huntley As an addendum to my previous post, one of the more interesting pieces of data (to me) is negative data: I have not seen or heard a wren at Huntley in over 6 weeks. There doesn't seem to be a lack of them in suburban areas (such as my neighborhood), where feeders probably got most of the wrens through the snow. I'm guessing that in large natural areas, the resident populations have been knocked way back (mortality, or did they move out of the park?). Do others' observations support this hypothesis? It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the numbers to recover. Ben Jesup Alexandria ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/_______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: Dearth of Carolina wrens at Huntley From: "Pam Koger-Jesup and Ben Jesup" <breep AT aol.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:33:40 -0400 As an addendum to my previous post, one of the more interesting pieces of data (to me) is negative data: I have not seen or heard a wren at Huntley in over 6 weeks. There doesn't seem to be a lack of them in suburban areas (such as my neighborhood), where feeders probably got most of the wrens through the snow. I'm guessing that in large natural areas, the resident populations have been knocked way back (mortality, or did they move out of the park?). Do others' observations support this hypothesis? It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the numbers to recover. Ben Jesup Alexandria _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: Riverbend Park From: mnr2 AT aol.com Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:12:12 -0400 The Great Falls National Park walk was cancelled due to the closure of the park. Our group of four adjourned to Riverbend Park where we identified 38 species. The number of great blues continue to rise. The new brush piles in the meadow were quite productive for sparrows. The Great Falls walk will meet next week in the visitors center courtyard at 8:00am. All are welcome. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA Canada Goose Mallard Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead Common Merganser Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture American Coot Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: Common Raven - Prince George Co. 3-14 From: <arun1bose AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:05:54 -0500 Hello Birders, I spent the middle part of the day birding east of Richmond. Not too much of note except for 2 COMMON RAVEN calling and flying over a borrow pit at the corner of Puddledock Rd. and the Vulcan Materials entrance. A few geese still lingering in the area including a few hundred Snow Geese seen from Turkey Island Rd flying around Curles Neck. Arun Bose Richmond _______________________________________________ va-bird mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/va-bird Thank you for subscribing to Va-bird, a service of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. Please consider joining the VSO. http://www.virginiabirds.net/Subject: Tidewater today From: Gwbirds37 AT aol.com Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:34:44 EDT mostly sunny, in between rain going and coming. Bev Leeuwenburg and Jen Folts and I visited a variety of places - of special note: 1. EURASIAN WIGEON at 9am at Ridgway Park. 2.PAINTED BUNTING - female only - at feeders on Rouse Drive - long leisurely looks - at around 10:30 3. GANNETS from Island #1 - only a few - otherwise really, really dead. Two OYSTERCATCHERS and 1 male RED_BREASTED MERGANSER. 4. BRANT ( 4 ) at Bay28 St. mid-afternoon, but NO Black-headed Gull. Of note also from the park/beach at 4thSt. and Ocean View, there were MANY Gannets very close to shore. Gerry Weinberger Doswell |