Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Birding by Kayak

Sunday I spent 3 hours with my father-in-law and brother-in-law kayaking on the Rappohannock River near Fredericksburg, VA. Beautiful sunny morning, and though I wasn't there to bird, I managed to hear quite a nice list of birds, including a surprising number of warblers! We covered 6 miles on the river total. Most of the birds were heard, but not seen. Here's the e-bird list:

Rappohannock River-Hole in the Wall to Motts Run, Stafford, US-VA
Jul 3, 2011 9:45 AM

Mallard  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Acadian Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Wood Thrush  3
Gray Catbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  6
Northern Parula  3
Yellow-throated Warbler  2
Ovenbird  2
Louisiana Waterthrush  4
Kentucky Warbler  1
Hooded Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Indigo Bunting  5
American Goldfinch  4

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