Augusta and Rockingham Counties, VA 10/25/2019

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

Walt Childs and I did some birding along our usual route in northern Augusta and southern Rockingham Counties. We hadn't done this loop since last spring, and it's a good route for finding raptors and wintering bird species. We didn't see anthing really special, but had a fun outing and ended up with 42 avian species. It started out cloudy, got sunny, and then overcast again. We saw three Americal Kestrels, but didn't see any hawks until just after noon, and then ended up with five Red-tailed Hawks and one juvenile Cooper's Hawk.

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American Kestrel

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American Kestrel

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American Kestrel

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Red-tailed Hawk

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Red-tailed Hawk

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Red-tailed Hawk

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Red-tailed Hawks

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Cooper's Hawk

We saw eight sparrow species; the five shown below plus Song Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, and Dark-eyed Junco.

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Savannah Sparrow

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White-crowned Sparrow

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White-crowned Sparrow

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White-throated Sparrow

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Field Sparrow

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Chipping Sparrow

We saw large flocks of Starlings, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and Tree Swallows, and a huge flock of Common Grackles.

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Starlings and Brown-headed Cowbirds

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Tree Swallows

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Killdeer

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Eastern Meadowlark

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Northern Cardinal

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Yellow-rumped Warbler


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