[bcbirdclub] FW: Good Time to Bird Across Virginia
- From: "Bob" <bebirding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:36:46 -0500
Thanks Roger I will try it again.
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From: Bob [mailto:bebirding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:23 PM
To: bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Good Time to Bird Across Virginia
Wow what a great time to be taking a trip across Virginia. If you do not
have a reason then I would suggest you make up an excuse and hit the road.
On a recent trip to Charles City on January 23rd 2008. I stopped at 55
Circle Drive Verona and saw a beautiful male Painted Bunting not a life bird
or even a new state bird but that was a handsome male with the bright
tropical colors standing out against the snowy back drop. Dropping on down
to 105 Gilley Street Williamsburg one can see the first documented
Townsend's Solitaire claiming food territory and perching within eye shot
from the roadway no need to use binoculars for this bird it has a history of
flying up and perching right in front of you. Farther east on I64 at
Hampton a male Eurasian Wigeon is hanging out with some American Wigeons at
Ridgeway Park and if your timing is good you can stop at the Gordonsville,
Zion Crossroads area on the return trip and pick a Short-eared Owl or two.
Then along the road there are lots of other stops and fun raptors to see
like the Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, American Kestrels along the
roads. The birds were so much fun traveling across the state that I could
not help but give a great big Yee Haw when a Peregrine Falcon flew up along
the interstate in Wythe county and perched on a fence post. Lucky for me no
one was tail gating or there would have been a pile up. I do brake for
raptors. Take care and enjoy the rare birds that the winter has brought
us.
Bob(Bebirding)Riggs
Lebanon, Va.
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