Birders and wild bird enthusiasts in and around Williamsburg, Virginia
Event Category: Bird Walks
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The Williamsburg Bird Club sponsors bird walks on the second Saturday at different local parks, and the fourth Saturday at New Quarter Park at 1000 Lakeshead Drive. Walks are from 8:00-10:00. Bring your binoculars.
Eleven birders gathered at New Quarter Park for the last walk of the “twenty teens”. It was a beautiful day, a little quiet in the bird world, but we were able to see and/or hear 30 species. The little Ruby-crowned Kinglets were a big hit as was a female Belted Kingfisher “tenderizing” a large fish she was attempting to tame before eating!
Front Row, left to right:
Shirley Devan, Betty Bennick, Lynn Collins, Jenny Jordan, Grace Jordan
Back Row, left to right:
Nancy Barnhart, Susan Wolf, Portia Belsen, Jim Derham, Wayne Moyer, Amy DeWitt
Overall, the woods and Queens Creek were quiet on Saturday, November 23 as fourteen birders searched for our area’s winter birds – especially those who’ve recently returned to spend the colder months in New Quarter Park. A Hermit Thrush gave everyone great looks as it perched pumping its tail and some Ruby-crowned Kinglets gave us fleeting looks. A solitary Bufflehead flew by, the Ring-billed Gulls have replaced the Laughing Gulls at the Queens Lake Marina, we heard Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and we found a few White-throated Sparrows and Yellow-rumped warblers. The trees compensated with a display of glorious color.
Babs Giffin, Shirley Devan, Hannah Benner, Paula Perdoni, Wayne Moyer, Gary West, George Martin, Marie Struble, Frank Smith, Jerry Felix and Nancy Barnhart Not in the photo: Carol Ball, Sue Mutell and Jan Lockwood
It was a delightfully calm, sunny and crisp morning on the Trail. The birds appeared to be late rising in the 37 degree temperatures, but we were fortunate to enjoy long and great looks at two Red-shouldered Hawks flying about the pond at the trail entrance. Hermit Thrush as well as Ruby and Golden Crowned Kinglets were seen in the woods and we lingered at the second bridge where a Red-headed Woodpecker, more Kinglets, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, American Goldfinch, and White-throated and Song Sparrows were active.
