Hi Y'All: Stauffer, Cricket, Gretchen and I had a lot of fun on our Big Day today. There were a number of very nice birds: 1) American Pipit was found at the...
An interesting morning at O Hill (Tue, 1 May). Numbers not spectacular, but a continuous trickle of birds of decent variety from 06:30 - 08:30 am. Birders...
15 minutes at the Old Trail pond this morning yielded a Blue Grosbeak (by the road), Northern and Orchard Orioles, Yellow Warbler, Kingbirds, Grasshopper...
In a message dated 5/1/2007 10:05:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, markadamsphd@... writes: An interesting morning at O Hill (Tue, 1 May). Numbers not...
Hi All: Stauffer was having trouble with his email, so he sent this to me and asked me to forward it to the birdalert. As Stauffer mentioned, our total for...
Hi All: Below, please find photos of the Bobolink, American Pipit and Cerulean Warbler, along with an "action shot" of an Orchard Oriole. The photos were...
At Beaver Creek Reservoir today, one female Red-breasted Merganser. No unusual shore birds at Half mile Branch Ponds. Many Palm Warblers were perching on the...
This afternoon, near the top, above the "15 mph" sign. I have no idea if this is worth an alert, but he sure was a handsome, obliging bird! Another one was...
In a message dated 5/4/2007 3:23:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, chatkaren@... writes: This afternoon, near the top, above the "15 mph" sign. I have no...
In a message dated 4/30/2007 9:50:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, stauffer@... writes: This morning I drove south on Buck Island Road, then turned right...
Rob--Thanks for putting out the word on Chuck Wills Widow. Let's hope that man knows something. Another bird you can ask Dan B. about is if he knows of a...
This morning between 5:15 and 5:20 AM I heard a Chuck-wills-widow calling vigorously, just inside Albemarle County, at the Greene County line. To get to the...
I saw a Female Red-Breasted Merganser at Forest Lakes at 8 p.m. A.J.Paramiter reports the bird has been around for several weeks. Several Spotted Sandpipers...
Hi Y'All: Stauffer reported hearing a Chuck-wills-widow just inside the county line off of Advance Mills Road. We went out this evening about 9 pm and only...
Teresa Shaner spotted a Little Blue Heron at Forest Lakes this morning. I saw the bird at 2:00 p.m. . Also saw the female Red-Breasted Merganser . Leigh...
Teresa Shaner and I had lots of warblers on Heard Mtn this morning. The list includes: Cerulean, Ovenbird, Worm- Eating, Kentucky, Hooded, Redstart, Canada,...
Friends, I spent this mornin visiting the 3 Albemarle Cty sites listed in my msg header: O Hill (OH), Old Trail (OT), King Family Vineyard ponds (KF). It was...
Hello Last night we went out to hear the Chuck-wills -widow. No one was cutting grass and we the bird sang loudly for us at 8:45. Before going to Advanced...
Attached is a photograph of the Little Blue Heron, found by Theresa Shaner, and still at Forest Lakes as of afternoon of May 12. The Semi-Palm. Plover, as...
I drove Stony Point Pass, east to west this morning, and recorded the following warblers--Blue-winged, Parula, Yellow, Ches. Sided, B.T. Blue, B.T. Green....
Right behind my house (the ground drops off steeply to the Rivanna) this morning I saw a magnolia warbler, a Rose Breasted grosbeak singing, many redstarts,...
We've heard a Chuck-wills-widow singing in our neighborhood on Broken Island road in Palmyra for a couple of weeks now. Last evening I finally heard one...
I went hiking up in the park today and stopped briefly at Loft Mountian Store around 11am, to listen for Least Flycatchers. It was very windy on the top of...
Hi Y'All: Stauffer and I went to the Shenandoah Park this morning to participate in a Cerulean Warbler count project. Stauffer was assigned two 1-kilometer...
We saw those too! Last Thursday morning, 7am ish, on Skyline drive she crossed the road with about 5 chicks in tow. At first we thought turkey but she seemed...
Acting on information supplied by Teresa Shaner and Leigh Surdukowski, I went looking for a Least Flycatcher this morning on the Skyline Drive. I left the...
This morning I made a birding circuit from C. ville down to the James River and back. Some of the highlights--(1) at Greenfield Farm entrance driveway, James...
Hi Y'All: A juvenile Black-Crowned Night-Heron arrived at the pond at the Oakencroft Winery. The bird was on the far side of the pond, hunting along the...
Thanks for your message. I will be out of the office until Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Jon Nafziger Vice President for Community Initiatives United Way-Thomas...
