April 19, 2007 [LINK / comment]
Tree sparrow, Brown thrasher
Having some free time at last, I took a walk behind the Staunton-Augusta Rescue Squad for the first time in a while this morning, and was amazed by the number of Ruby-crowned kinglets that were around. At least two of them were males with their "ruby" crowns in full display for mating season. I also saw two birds for the first time this season:
- American tree sparrow (FOS)
- Brown thrasher (FOS)
- Ruby-crowned kinglets (M, F)
- Blue-headed vireos
- Cedar waxwings
- Mallards (M, F)
- Phoebe
- Towhee
- Goldfinches (bright yellow now!)
Loon, etc. on Bell's Lane
Thanks to an e-mail alert from John Spahr, I got to see a Common Loon in full breeding plumage on Bell's Lane late this afternoon. But wait, there's more!
- Common loon (FOS)
- Hooded (?) merganser (F)
- Ruddy ducks (M, F)
- Lesser scaups
- Horned grebe (prob.)
- Coots
- Tree swallows
- Barn swallows
- Sharp-shinned hawks (2)
- Killdeer