Download the Excel file of the bird count data from the April 29, 2012 Spring Bird Count for the Williamsburg area. Thanks to Bill Williams for tabulating all of this! Spring Bird Count 2012 data

[flickr photo=7172721033 caption="From 2008 kayak bird trip"]

On June 16, Jill Bieri and Less Schuster of Chesapeake Experience will lead a kayaking and birding trip on Queen's Creek from New Quarter Park. Fee is $35 if you rent a kayak from Chesapeake Experience; $25 if you bring your own. Maximum number is 18 people. Plan to arrive by 8:30 am. The group will begin the paddle at 9:00 am and be on the water for a couple of hours. Let Shirley Devan know by June 13 if want to participate in this fun venture and she will let Jill Bieri know how many kayaks to bring! You can pay Chesapeake Experience the morning of the trip. Please make your reservation with Shirley: sedevan52 @ cox .net

Shirley writes: Thanks to all who came out to Waller Mill Park this morning for a beautiful morning in the park. I really appreciate all the extra eyes and ears as we walked through the dense woods. Proves my hypothesis: The more birders you have, the more birds you'll find! We heard lots of birds and enjoyed looks at a few of them. The bird of the day was the Prothonotary Warbler that we heard and then found early in the walk. Some folks got good looks at Ovenbirds and a Wood Thrush landed in the trail for good looks. A few Acadian Flycatchers showed off as well.

Seven birders joined me at 8 am:

Ann and Gary Carpenter
Jim Corliss
Ruth and Dean Gordon
Joyce Lowry
Diane Stricklin

Waller Mill Park, York, US-VA
Jun 2, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Waller Mill Park sponsored bird Walk
27 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  20
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  2
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)  6
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)  1