January 20, 2009 [LINK / comment]
I managed to squeeze in two brief bird outings over the past two days: At the big farm pond on Bell's Lane yesterday, I spotted quite a few duck species, and at the scenic (and currently frozen) Peaks of Otter along the Blue Ridge Parkway late this morning, I saw a Phoebe, which is unusual this time of year:
Location: Bell's Lane (Staunton) Observation date: 1/19/09 Number of species: 12 Canada Goose 60 Gadwall 4 Mallard 6 Northern Shoveler 2 Northern Pintail 2 Redhead 3 Ring-necked Duck 6 Lesser Scaup 15 Ruddy Duck 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 American Coot 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Location: Peaks of Otter Recreation Area Observation date: 1/20/09 Number of species: 9 Black Vulture 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 American Crow 3 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 20 Northern Cardinal 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)