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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Photo
Courtesy of Doren Burrell
(at his
feeder)
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Photo
by Mike Bohl
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June 22-24 Mountain Biodiversity Adventure:
An
event
that
is
great
for
the
entire
family.
Join
experienced
and
knowledgeable
leaders
on
field
trips
to
various
locations
in
the
surrounding
area
to
explore
biodiversity
in
the
mountains
of
West
Virginia.
No
subject
is
safe
from
the
explorers
of
biodiversity
in
the
ecosystem
surrounding
Blackwater
Falls
State
Park.
Be
prepared
to
get
educated,
dirty
and
have
fun.
Flyer
available
at
later
date.
$
call
304-259-5216
Paulita
L.
Cousin
Parks
Activities
Coordinator
(Naturalist)
Blackwater
Falls
State
Park
PO
Box
490
Davis,
WV
26260
304-259-5511
or
5216
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Whooping Crane
(10/17/11)
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Image
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| The Handlan Chapter
of the Brooks Bird Club
meets on the third Monday of each month, at 6:30 p.m. at the South
Charleston Public Library . |
| The Handlan Chapter of the Brooks Bird Club
celebrated Earth Day by participating in the festivities at the Clay
Center on April 21, 2012, from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Our booth
was well attended, and a lot of kids tried their hands at making
origami eagles and coloring various birds. |
| Russ Young will again lead his wonderful
Spring Hill Cemetery bird walks
on April 22, April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2012. |
| Check out the Flora identified in
Shrewsberry Hollow during the April 14, 2012, Osbra Eye
Spring Nature Walk at Kanawha
State Forest |
| Here is a useful list of Spring and Summer
events of particular interest to birders and wildflower enthusiasts.
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Seventh
Annual Eagle Count
On Saturday January 7, 2012, 38 people
participated in the
Seventh Annual eagle count along the New, Bluestone, and
Greenbrier Rivers.
They counted from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. People were positioned
at Bluestone State Park, Mouth of Bluestone River, Rt. 20,
Bellepoint park in Hinton, Bull Falls, Bertha campground
(Bluestone WMA), Greenbrier River (from Talcott to Hinton),
Brooks Island, Sandstone Falls, and Greenbrier County
(Ronceverte).
They totaled 19 bald eagles, (7 adult,
5 first year, 3 second
year, 2 third year, and 2 fourth year) and 1 adult golden eagle.
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A second survey was conducted on March 10, 2012.
New River
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Jim Phillips says thanks to all the participants!
Glen Lyn, VA - Cotty & Rhonda Farley
Mouth of Indian Creek - Doren Burrell & Laura Miller
Bull Falls - Jim & Judy Phillips
Bertha - Alma Lowry, Allen & Mindy Waldron
Mouth of the Bluestone River - Wade Snyder, Laura
Riley, Amy Farley,
Emmalee & Chris Vass, Mike & Micah Bates, Tim &
Ellen Pyles, Don Shrogg
& Terri Reynolds
Rt. 20 Bluestone Lake Overlook - Betsy Reeder,
Sharyn Ogden, Bev & Chuck
Wright, Jessie Boone, Nonnette Cosgrove, David
Stanley, Kermit Stover,
Bev & Victor Kitts, Pam Gregg & Trae Perkins
Brooks Overlook - Wendy Perrone, Brian & Pam Hirt,
Lisa & Adam Knight,
Louise Aliff, Molly Thompson, Susan Shrader & Jimmy
Worles
Rt. 20 Sandstone Falls Overlook - Bill & Carolyn
Obrien
Total eagles: 11 Bald Eagles(5 adults, 2 1st year, 1
3rd year, 1
unidentified & 2 chicks)
Other raptors during the count: peregrine falcon
1(photographed by Wade
Snyder, banded bird from NJ by way of New River
Gorge), 12 red-tailed
hawks, 3 red-shouldered hawks, 1 sharp-shinned hawk
& 2 barred owls.
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More Bald
Eagles
David Carr of Hardy County reports:
I counted at least 22 Bald Eagles this
morning along Parker Hollow Road in Hardy County, west of
Baker. Almost all of these eagles were concentrated in a small
woodlot at the edge of a large chicken farm about a mile and a
half south of the parking lot for Parker Hollow Lake. At least
12 of the eagles were adults, and there were more than a dozen
Common Ravens in the area as well. I have long suspected that
the large winter concentrations of
eagles that tend to turn up in this area were being created by
scavenging opportunities at the many large chicken operations in
the Baker area. This seemed to be what was going on here. |
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Osprey in Charleston
Casey Rucker reports on February 22: It was hard to
believe my eyes yesterday morning at a friends' house in
Charleston, when a large raptor that flew to a perch in a ravine
behind Overbrook Elementary School turned out to be an Osprey.
A Red-tailed Hawk that perched a few feet away provided a nice
size comparison, too.
This seems outrageously early for this bird, which George Hall
lists in Birds of West Virginia as arriving in April. Another
sign of our AWOL winter this year. (On the other hand, the 2010
Hampshire County CBC found an Osprey on January 2.)
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Vulture Roost
Kim Kazmierski reports on February 1:
Since before Christmas, there have been 200+
-300 Turkey Vultures flying in to roost on Koontz Drive in Cross
Lanes. My Mom and Dad live on a road off of Koontz, so that is
why I've been able to see them. I haven't checked super close,
but I made out one Black Vulture. I'll try to check closer the
next time I'm over during the evening hours.
Tom Fox also reports on February 1:
Watched approximately 75 vultures go to roost
in downtown Grantsville, Calhoun County last evening. The count
included three Black Vultures. |
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Click photo to see information about John Smith
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| Check out the Flora identified in
Shrewsberry Hollow during the September,
2011 Fall Flora
hike of the Margaret Denison Fall Nature Walk at Kanawha
State Forest |
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The Handlan Chapter of the
Brooks Bird Club participated in celebration of
Earth Day at the Clay Center. |
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SEE THE
REPORT ON THE NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER 2009 PEREGRINE
FALCON RESTORATION PROJECT |
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Master
Naturalist
The
2011 year
Check out all the activities
Some photos
on the current Master Naturalist program in Kanawha county
Future information about Master Naturalists
Classes, etc, will now be found at the new Master Naturalist website:
mnofwv.org/home
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The Bird
walk at Coonskin Park on Sunday, March 25th, was very
successful. Click here
for the list of birds seen. |
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Nashville Warbler
See Jim Waggy's
report on a Nashville Warbler at KSF |
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Kevin Cade
reports
on some warblers at
Kanawha State
Forest |
YOU KNOW IT US SPRING WHEN - -
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This evening
(03/20/2012) the Sunrise Carriage Trail was
all in bloom.
There were Bluebells
and Wood-Poppy everywhere.
And of course the hill
sides were covered with daffodils.
But there were Red and
White Trilliums in bloom, as well as Trout
Lilly, Greek Valerian, Chickweed, Phlox,
Cut-leaf Toothwort, Marsh-Marigold, and
Azaleas.
The Bloodroot were
about through blooming. We saw only
one flower left.
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Bird Migration Forecast
e-Bird announces a new collaboration
between NOAA and the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology to provide this newest eBird’s
feature: the Bird Migration Forecast (BirdCast).
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Check out some fascinating
Hummingbird photos. |
| The Brooks Bird Club
held the 2009
Foray in Randolph County, June
13-21. |
| You can click on
this link to see the newspaper article Carolyn Harmon wrote
about Wendell Argabrite speaking to our bird club. |
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Check out some more great
photos by
Doren Burrell |
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Leucistic
Goldfinch
Photo
by Mike Bohl |
- Did you know that WV has 38% of
the world's Cerulean
Warblers?
- WV has more Red-eyed Vireos than
Robins.
- Our state only has 20 Ospreys.
Terry Bronson brought to our attention
that Partners in Flight maintains a database of
population estimates of bird species in the US and Canada, including state estimates.
Many of these are very rough estimates, but they should give
good relative totals for most species. Data are derived
primarily
from US government Breeding Bird Surveys.
The Partners in Flight web site is
http://rmbo.org/pif_db/laped/default.aspx.
Click
here for all the population estimate data for West Virginia. |
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