American Goldfinch
Temperatures were 15 to 20 degrees warmer than average, and some of the days were either cloud covered or quite windy. I didn't have a lot of time for birding or processing photos, so this is a two week report. I logged 45 avian species here in Old trail during this reporting period, and another Old Trail birder saw at least two other species here: Chipping Sparrow and Pied-billed Grebe. I drove around Swoope for an hour on March 11 prior to an appointment, and logged 15 to 20 avian species, including 5 not seen during this period in Old Trail: Bald Eagle (2), American Kestrel (2), Red-tailed Hawk (3), Rock Pigeon (several), and Eastern Meadowlark (a few).
Old Trail; Crozet, VA
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Very early season Broad-winged Hawk (March 4)
Cedar Waxwing
American Crow
Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup, and Hooded Merganser
Ring-necked Ducks and Hooded Merganser
Hooded Mergansers
Hooded Mergansers
Lesser Scaups
Lesser Scaup
Fish Crow
Fish Crow
Northern Flicker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Pine Siskin
Pine Warbler
American Robin
Rusty Blackbird
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Wood Ducks
Wood Duck
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
Starling
Bald Eagles
Bald Eagles
Bald Eagles
Red-tailed Hawk
Extremely rare Green Hawk only seen on March 17 in some years
in Eiremarle County, VA
(Buteo Dublinus)
Two week list:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Dark-eyed Junco
Mourning Dove
Black Vulture
Northern Flicker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ring-necked Duck
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Phoebe
American Robin
Downy Woodpecker
Killdeer
Tree Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Pine Siskin
Rock Pigeon
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Chipping Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Towhee
Rusty Blackbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Broad-winged Hawk