Date: 12/5/24 3:57 pm From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Dec 5, 2024
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Date: Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Dec 5, 2024
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Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Summers, West Virginia, US
Dec 5, 2024 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 28 degrees, partly cloudy & winds 8-10 mph gusting
to 12-15 mph.
birded to Bluestone Dam(about 1 mile)
19 species
Canada Goose 43
Ring-necked Duck 55
Common Merganser 150 identified through spotting scope on the water
and counted. may actually have been more.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Mourning Dove 3
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 15
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Common Loon 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 11 10 immatures, 1 adult
all birds in the sky at the same time seen through 10x binoculars but they
were so close that most could be identified with the naked eye. they talon
tagged with each other, dove at mergansers and chased gulls.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
American Crow 4
Common Raven 2
American Pipit 8
Dark-eyed Junco 15
