Foray 2009

 

    Birds

This list of birds for the2009 Brooks Bird Club Foray-Beverly WV June 13 to 14 includes the results of reports by participants at the foray from field work at study plots, ten mile breeding bird surveys and general observations.  The main area covered was northern Randolph County, West Virginia.  From Jim Triplett

> Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
> Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
> Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
> Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
> Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
> Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
> Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
> Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
> Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
> Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
> Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
> Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
> Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
> Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
> Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
> Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
> Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
> American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
> Killdeer (Charadrirrs vociferus)
> Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
> Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
> Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
> Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
> Barred Owl (Strix varia)
> Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
> Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
> Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
> Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
> Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
> Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
> Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
> Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
> Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
> Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
> Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
> Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
> Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
> Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
> Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
> Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
> Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
> Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
> White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
> Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
> Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
> Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
> Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
> Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
> American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
> Common Raven (Corvus corax)
> Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
> Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
> Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
> Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
> Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
> Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophrus bicolor)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
> White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
> Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
> Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
> House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
> Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
> Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
> Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
> Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
> Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
> Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
> Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
> American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
> Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
> Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
> Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
> European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
> Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
> Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)
> Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
> Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
> Northern Parula (Parula americana)
> Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
> Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
> Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
> Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
> Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
> Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
> Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)
> Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
> Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
> American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
> Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
> Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
> Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla)
> Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
> Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
> Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
> Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
> Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
> Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
> Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
> Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
> Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
> Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
> Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
> Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
> Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
> Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
> Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
> Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
> Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
> Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
> Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
> Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
> Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
> Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
> Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
> Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
> House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
> American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
> House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
>
> (Total = 125)