Woodpecker day on the back forty
Scott Jackson-Ricketts
From: Aviatlas <do-not...@aviatlas.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Subject: Aviatlas Sightings Record
To: Scott Jackson-Ricketts <sco...@ls.net>
November 15, 2009
Bridle Creek/Gold Hill
US · Virginia
Lon. -81.251278, Lat. 36.613047, Alt. 2,680 ft
Member: Scott Jackson-Ricketts
Hotspot: Bridle Creek/Gold Hill
Notes:
At 8:00 AM it was 40 degrees F., with heavy dew crystallized by first
light all was about in the chattering way. Well within a half hour I
recorded all but three or four species listed. This was woodpecker
day, and I did my best to find a hairy, a bird rarely seen here.
Chickadees and nuthatches were everywhere, turning upside down and
downside up in their nervous ways of feeding. They always let one
another know when I am near. Finding kettles has produced the recently
recorded larger numbers of black vultures, usually around mid-day.
30 Species Reported:
Black Vulture (5)
Turkey Vulture (2)
Mourning Dove (12)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Northern Flicker (1)
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (3)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Cedar Waxwing (2)
Carolina Wren (2)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Eastern Bluebird (1)
Hermit Thrush (1)
American Robin (1)
Carolina Chickadee (5)
Tufted Titmouse (3)
White-breasted Nuthatch (3)
Blue Jay (8)
American Crow (5)
Common Raven (1)
House Finch (5)
American Goldfinch (6)
Eastern Towhee (2)
Song Sparrow (2)
White-throated Sparrow (2)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Northern Cardinal (6)
This sightings record was recorded at: www.aviatlas.com