http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/ Monticello Bird Alert Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:55:35 GMT stauffer miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/561 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/561 The speaker for the Monticello Bird Club meeting of Feb 11 has had to cancel because she can't ought of where she lives in Sperryville. Therefore, Pat Wilszek Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:08:47 GMT Robert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/560 Spotted one today in the backyard while we were making a snowman. I first heard it, sounded like Killdeer. Got a few photos before it flew off. This makes Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:59:15 GMT leighbirds http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/559 On Saturday, Jan, 23 Teresa Shaner and I heard and later found with a scope a small flock of pipits on 811 near the entrance to Henley's Lake. We also had a Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:05:33 GMT markadamsphd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/558 Friends, On Friday afternoon I found a flock of approx 30 American Pipits in a grassy field on the north side of Jones Mill Rd, aka "Sparrow Road" & Rt 811. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:36:26 GMT RCrisci http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/557 On my exercise walk this morning in Earlysville, I spotted a half-dozen American Robins foraging on a large, grassy area on a hill down toward Mallard Lake. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:09:41 GMT Robert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/556 Great find. I had one pass through here in Greene back in 2007. I got one picture and have not seen any since. I did have a Bald Eagle visiting my airspace Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:00:41 GMT newahmkilly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/555 Great news - HotLady has sent you a private photo! Check it here: http://www.ourlivespace.com/hotlady/photo.htm Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:26:01 GMT Kirsten Miles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/554 This is particularly exciting... are you aware of this effort? http://blog.nature.org/2010/01/rusty-blackbird-the-squeaky-bird-gets-the-grease/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:22:01 GMT stauffer miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/553 I was a little surprised this morning, with temperatures around 12 degrees, to find a Rusty Blackbird. This bird was in a sycamore on the sand bar at Warren Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:58:15 GMT stauffer miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/552 This morning at 7:45 AM I came across a Merlin perched atop a dead Black Locust tree along Garth Road, opposite gated pillars of an estate called Lizbeth (3966 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:28:26 GMT mfaintich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/551 There was a small flock of 8 male and 2 female Redheads on Lake Monocan in the Stoney Creek (Rockfish Valley) section of Wintergreen this morning until about Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:51:40 GMT stauffer miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/550 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/550 While participating in the Warren Christmas count today, Jenny Gaden, Lois Gebhardt and I turned up some birds of interest. Early this morning, in vile wind Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:38:33 GMT leighbirds http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/549 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/549 After the Ivy Creek walk this morning, several us went to Chris Greene . Howard Davis spotted a beautiful adult Bald Eagle near the airport. At Chris Greene Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:14:55 GMT mfaintich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/548 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/548 This leucistic Mourning Dove has been a regular visitor to my backyard bird feeder in the Stoney Creek section of Wintergreen, but today was the first day Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:39:59 GMT stauffer miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/547 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monticellobirdalert/message/547 After two days of snow shoveling and indoor chores, I decided to see what birds I could find. The streets of C. ville were appalling. They were an alternation