2011 COMPOSITE LIST OF BIRD SIGHTINGS AT Bluebird Gap

A list of cumulative “firsts” for the year by all the birders!

Currently we have 90 of 159 possible species. Last updated with sightings on December 31, 2011

Check the list below to see if your sighting is a first.

Species Date Reporter Location In Park (i.e. trail, structure, etc) Swans, Geese, Ducks (21) Canada Goose 1-22-11 J Seward Near pond Tundra Swan (R) 3-4-11 J Seward Flying very high over farm toward N.E. Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Wood Duck Gadwall 1-8-11 J Seward Pond American Wigeon 3-1-11 J Seward Pond American Black Duck (R) 1-14-11 J Seward Flying near Pond Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler 1-22-11 M Nichols & J Seward Pond Northern Pintail (R) Green-winged Teal Redhead Lesser Scaup 3-1-11 M Nichols Newmarket Creek Greater Scaup Ring-necked Duck Muscovy Duck 3-1-11 J Seward Flying over plot toward Bass Pro Bufflehead Hooded Merganser 1-8-11 J Seward Pond Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck (R) Turkeys, & Quail (1) Northern Bobwhite (R) 2-27-11 J Seward Office trailer Loons & Grebes (2) Pied-billed Grebe 10-1-11 M Nichols Newmarket Creek Horned Grebe (R) Pelicans, Cormorants (2) Double-crested Cormorant 4-21-11 M Nichols Along Newmarket Creek Brown Pelican 3-11-11 M Nichols Flying over farm Bitterns, Herons, Egrets (9) Glossy Ibis Least Bittern Great Blue Heron 1-21-11 J Seward Pond Great Egret 1-22-11 J Seward Pond Snowy Egret Egret 8-18-11 J Seward Green Heron 4-21-11 M Nichols Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night- Heron (R) Vultures (2) Black Vulture 1-14-11 J Seward Duckyard Turkey Vulture 1-15-11 J Seward Over farm Hawks, Eagles (9) Osprey 2-27-11 M Nichols & J Seward Radio tower Bald Eagle 1-12-11 J Seward Over creed Sharp-shinned Hawk 1-20-11 J Seward Over office trailer Cooper’s Hawk 2-5-11 J Seward Over office trailer Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk 1-22-1 J Seward Power lines Broad-winged Hawk 9-10-11 HRBC Flying over farm near creek American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon (VR) Coots (1) American Coot Plovers (1) Killdeer Sandpipers & Phalaropes (6) Least Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs 5-5-11 M Nichols Newmarket Creek Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe Gulls & Terns (11) Laughing Gull 5-14-11 M Nichols Several flying over farm Least Tern Bonaparte’s Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Royal Tern Common Tern Forster’s Tern Caspian Tern Black Skimmer (UC) 6-21-11 M Nichols Flying over farm Pigeons & Doves (2) Rock Pigeon 1-14-11 J Seward Barn Mourning Dove 1-14-11 J Seward Office trailer Cuckoos (1) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Owls (3) Eastern Screech-Owl Barred Owl Goatsuckers (1) Chuck-will’s-widow Swifts, Hummingbirds, & Kingfishers (3) Chimney Swift Ruby-throated 9-17-11 J Seward Master Garden area Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher 1-22-11 M Nichols Pond Woodpeckers (6) Red-bellied Woodpecker 1-21-11 J Seward Office trailer Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1-21-11 J Seward Loblolly over deer (UC) Downy Woodpecker 1-15-11 J Seward Office feeder Hairy Woodpecker (UC) 5-22-11 M Nichols Cemetery Northern Flicker 2-5-11 J Seward pen Pileated Woodpecker Tyrant Flycatchers (5) Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher (UC) Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher 4-21-11 M Nichols U shaped trail Eastern Kingbird 5-14-11 J Seward Power lines Vireos (4) Philadelphia Vireo White-eyed Vireo 4-21-11 M Nichols Horseshoe trail Yellow-throated Vireo 9-10-11 HRBC Near cemetery Red-eyed Vireo Jays & Crows (3) Blue Jay 1-14-11 J Seward Office feeder American Crow 1-14-11 J Seward Sycamore behind office Fish Crow 4-21-11 Pond Martins & Swallows (5) Purple Martin 7-12-11 J Seward Flying over farm Tree Swallow 4-30-11 J Seward Flying over farm N Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow (R) Barn Swallow 5-25-11 J Seward Over barn Chickadees & Titmice (2) Carolina Chickadee 1-14-11 Tufted Titmouse 1-16-11 Nuthatches & Creepers (3) Red-breasted Nuthatch 1-14-11 White-breasted Nuthatch 1-4-11 Brown Creeper 2-5-11 Wrens (4) Marsh Wren 5-5-11 M Nichols Pond Carolina Wren 1-20-11 J Seward Over office House Wren 10-1-11 M Nichols Pond Winter Wren 1-13-11 J Seward Antique Barn Gnatcatchers & Kinglets (3) Golden-crowned Kinglet 12-23-11 J Seward Tortoises Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Thrushes (4) Eastern Bluebird 2-25-11 J Seward South pasture Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin 1-14-11 J Seward Behind office Catbirds, Mockingbirds, Thrashers & Starlings (4) Gray Catbird 10-1-11 M Nichols Horseshoe Trail Northern Mockingbird 1-14-11 J Seward EO Shed Brown Thrasher 2-17-11 J Seward Playground European Starling 1-14-11 J Seward Goat Barn Waxwings (1) Cedar Waxwing 5-5-11 M Nichols Along dirt road Wood Warblers (18) Northern Waterthrush Northern Parula 4-21-11 M Nichols Near tower Yellow Warbler 5-14-11 M Nichols & J Seward Little Pond Black-throated Blue 5-22-11 M Nichols Horseshoe trail Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler 4-21-11 M Nichols Open picnic area Black-throated Gray Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler 4-21-11 M Nichols Parking lot Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler 5-14-11 M Nichols Open picnic area Hooded Warbler Black-and-white Warbler 5-5-11 M Nichols Open picnic area American Redstart 9-10-11 HRBC Near cemetery Ovenbird Yellow-breasted Chat Common Yellowthroat 4-21-11 M Nichols Newmarket Creek Tanagers (2) Scarlet Tanager 5-21-11 M Nichols Horseshoe Trail Summer Tanager Sparrows, Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Dickcissels (12) Eastern Towhee 4-21-11 M Nichols Near Tower Chipping Sparrow 5-21-11 M Nichols Horseshoe Trail Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow 1-14-11 J Seward Radio tower Swamp Sparrow 1-22-11 White-throated Sparrow 1-14-11 J Seward Office birdfeeder Dark-eyed Junco 1-14-11 J Seward Office birdfeeder Northern Cardinal 1-20-11 J Seward Office birdfeeder Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak 5-16-11 M Nichols Power lines Indigo Bunting 5-5-11 M Nichols Along dirt road Blackbirds, Meadowlarks & Orioles (5) Red-winged Blackbird 2-13-11 J Seward Garden Common Grackle 1-16-11 J Seward Office birdfeeder Brown-headed Cowbird 2-13-11 J Seward Garden Baltimore Oriole 5-14-11 J Seward & M Nichols Open picnic area Orchard Oriole Finches (2) House Finch 2-13-11 J Seward Office American Goldfinch 1-13-11 J Seward Duckyard Old World Sparrows (1) House Sparrow 1-14-11 J Seward Office birdfeeder

Key: R Rare HRBC- Hampton Roads Bird Club VR Very Rare UC Uncommon