Williamsburg Bird Club

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Bird Walk at New Quarter Park, June 28, 2008

By jn | June 28, 2008

Hugh Beard led seven other birders in a 7:00 a.m. bird walk at New Quarter Park. The highlight of the day was finding a summer tanager’s nest with a female sitting on it and glaring at us.

George Rountree, Kimberly McHugh, Rosanne Reddin, Hugh Beard, Joe Piotrowski, Amanda Deverich, Betty Peterson (not pictured) and Jeanette Navia (who took the picture) attended.
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Location: New Quarter Park

Observation date: 6/28/08

Number of species: 49

Mallard 2

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Great Blue Heron 5

Great Egret 1

Black Vulture 1

Turkey Vulture 3

Osprey 10

Clapper Rail 1

Killdeer 1

Laughing Gull 4

Mourning Dove 2

Chimney Swift 1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1

Red-headed Woodpecker 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Downy Woodpecker 2

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Eastern Wood-Pewee 2

Acadian Flycatcher 4

Great Crested Flycatcher 3

Yellow-throated Vireo 2

Red-eyed Vireo 4

Blue Jay 2

Fish Crow 1

Barn Swallow 2

Carolina Chickadee 2

Tufted Titmouse 11

White-breasted Nuthatch 3

Carolina Wren 4

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8

Eastern Bluebird 7

Wood Thrush 2

American Robin 5

Brown Thrasher 2

Yellow-throated Warbler 2

Ovenbird 4

Hooded Warbler 1

Summer Tanager 6

Eastern Towhee 2

Chipping Sparrow 2

Northern Cardinal 4

Blue Grosbeak 1

Indigo Bunting 1

Red-winged Blackbird 1

Common Grackle 2

Brown-headed Cowbird 10

Orchard Oriole 1

House Finch 7

American Goldfinch 4

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Kayaking/Birding trip at New Quarter Park, July 12, 2008

By jn | June 17, 2008

On July 12, a kayaking/birding trip (at New Quarter Park from 8–11 am). Fee will be $45 per person for a single kayak; $20 per person if you bring your own kayak. If you are interested, please contact Jill Bieri of Chesapeake Experience at Jill @ ChesapeakeExperience.org—her website is www.ChesapeakeExperience.org

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Bird Walk at New Quarter Park, June 14, 2008

By jn | June 17, 2008

WBC birders at New Quarter Park, June 14, 2008

The highlights of our regular Second Saturday Bird Walk at New Quarter Park included nestlings!!

At the boat dock on Queens Creek we got good looks at the Osprey nestlings in the two nearest nests. Parents were soaring all around and we even observed one adult sweep down on the construction site across the creek, pick up a stick, and take it to the nest with the nestlings. Perhaps he needs to add a room now that he nestlings are so big!

As we wandered back up the path, Rosanne spotted a White-eyed Vireo flying back and forth to a nest near the end of a limb of a beech tree. I got the scope on it and we saw one fuzzy head in the nest. We observed the adult fly in several times with food.
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Nine participants were: Joanne Andrews, Everett and Gail Bono, Shirley Devan, Bob Long, Rosanne Reddin, Margaret Ware, Don and Lillian Woolfolk.

Canada Goose 36
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 12
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Barn Swallow 8
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Ovenbird 1
Summer Tanager 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 6

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No meetings in the summer, but bird walks continue

By jn | June 8, 2008

There are no Club meetings in June, July or August. There are no field trips in June or July, but the walks at New Quarter Park will continue. There are walks in New Quarter Park. June 14 (Hugh Beard, leader) starts at 8 am. June 28 (not sure of the leader yet) walk will start at 7 am.

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Bird Walk at New Quarter Park, May 24, 2008

By jn | May 25, 2008

Bill says, “Beautiful day all around. Thanks to Gary Carpenter we got the Blackpoll Warblers!!! The Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow was singing across Queen’s Creek, though it was not seen.”

Canada Goose 4
Mallard 1
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
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Conserving America’s Birds - May 21, 2008 Meeting

By jn | April 30, 2008

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 21 for our regular Club Program. Dr. George Fenwick, President of the American Bird Conservancy will present a program on CONSERVING AMERICA’S BIRDS which will highlight the work of the Conservancy, the only US-based group with a major focus on bird habitat conservation throughout the entire Americas. Please join us in Andrews Hall, Room 100, on the campus of the College of William and Mary at 7:30 p.m. to hear about the vital work that is being done to save our native, wild birds.

NOTE: The meeting will be in Andrews Hall, Room 100, not the usual Millington Hall meeting room. Andrews Hall is directly behind Phi Beta Kappa Hall (it is attached to PBK Hall). W&M directions to PBK Hall.

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