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2/19/25 8:17 am James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 18, 2025
2/18/25 2:49 pm Derek Courtney <derek.dana.courtney...> WV Bird Records Committee updates
2/18/25 12:19 pm Mindy Waldron <wvwaldron...> Harlequin Duck at Gauley Bridge
2/17/25 2:28 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Raptors & waterfowl(REHE, LTDU)
2/15/25 8:13 am MFowler <monty...> Warbler's back
2/14/25 7:27 am James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 13, 2025
2/14/25 7:07 am Mindy Waldron <wvwaldron...> Harlequin Duck
2/12/25 5:41 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Feb 12, 2025
2/11/25 3:35 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Feb 11, 2025
2/11/25 6:55 am James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Woodcock & snow
2/10/25 6:05 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Carper's Pond, Princeton, WV, Feb 10, 2025
2/10/25 6:04 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Bull Tail Hollow, Feb 10, 2025
2/10/25 6:03 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 10, 2025
2/10/25 3:59 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Peent!
2/9/25 7:25 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Feb 9, 2025
2/9/25 1:52 pm MFowler <monty...> Unusual warbler?
2/8/25 6:55 pm Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Feb 8, 2025
2/7/25 10:25 am Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Feb 5, 2025
2/7/25 10:25 am Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - Proctor, Feb 5, 2025
2/7/25 10:24 am Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - Fairview Ridge, Feb 5, 2025
2/7/25 10:24 am Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> merlin
2/6/25 6:46 am James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Feb 5, 2025
2/6/25 6:46 am James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Fwd: eBird Report - New River Gorge NP--Madams Creek to Sandstone Falls (Summers Co.), Feb 5, 2025
2/1/25 6:42 am Paul Mckay <paulmck57...> Black Vultures and Ravens
1/30/25 6:36 pm Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Jan 30, 2025
1/30/25 6:33 pm Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - The home place, Jan 30, 2025
1/30/25 6:31 pm Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - Fairview Ridge, Jan 30, 2025
1/28/25 4:56 pm Chris Mullens <mullensc66...> Re: Good raptor day
1/28/25 3:26 pm James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Good raptor day
1/27/25 5:47 pm Wilma Jarrell <wjar...> Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Jan 27, 2025
1/27/25 3:49 pm Bruni Haydl <bruni...> Odd birdfeeder
1/27/25 6:54 am MFowler <monty...> Mockingbirds and hawks
1/22/25 6:02 pm Becky Szabo <000000077d56e4ca-dmarc-request...> Re: Ohio County Birds
1/22/25 12:41 pm Shannon Burner <shannonann66...> Re: Ohio County Birds
1/22/25 12:36 pm Paul Mckay <paulmck57...> Ohio County Birds
1/20/25 5:28 am James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Re: 20th Winter Eagle Survey - 1/18/24
1/20/25 5:22 am James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> 20th Winter Eagle Survey - 1/18/24
 
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Date: 2/19/25 8:17 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 18, 2025
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Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 18, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Mercer, West Virginia, US
Feb 18, 2025 1:36 PM - 1:46 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: 31 degrees, flurries
11 species

Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 14
American Black Duck 6
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 80
Killdeer 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
American Crow 9
Common Raven 2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S214407080

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Date: 2/18/25 2:49 pm
From: Derek Courtney <derek.dana.courtney...>
Subject: WV Bird Records Committee updates
Hi, all!

On March 8, the WV Bird Records Committee will hold its annual meeting.
There will be two vacant seats on the Committee to be filled. If anyone is
interested in being considered, please contact Secretary Wil Hershberger,
myself, or any of the other current BRC members. Information on the WV BRC
can be found on the website:
https://www.brooksbirdclub.org/west-virginia-bird-records-committee.html

This is also a good opportunity to remind the community that if any birder
that has seen the Harlequin Duck at Gauley Bridge would submit a report to
the BRC, we would be most appreciative. Information on that can be found on
the aforementioned website as well.

Good birding,
Derek

 

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Date: 2/18/25 12:19 pm
From: Mindy Waldron <wvwaldron...>
Subject: Harlequin Duck at Gauley Bridge
Everyone,
Thanks for the help with sighting information for the Harlequin Duck.
Allen and I traveled to Gauley Bridge this morning. Parked behind the
Family Dollar store and within a few minutes found it in a flock of other
ducks. It was downstream and swimming back and forth in the high water in
front of the houses.
Many beautiful birds.

Mindy and Allen Waldron
Surveyor WV

 

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Date: 2/17/25 2:28 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Raptors & waterfowl(REHE, LTDU)
Durr's Pond(along Rt 20 north of Princeton, Mercer County)
2 hooded mergansers
1 lesser scaup
5 gadwalls
50 Canada geese
1 Cooper's hawk
2 red-shouldered hawks

Bluestone Lake(along Rt 20 between Bluestone S.P. entrance & Bluestone Dam,
Summers County)
33 lesser scaups
6 redheads
12 common mergansers
1 long-tailed duck
3 Canada geese
7 Bald eagles(1 adult, 6 immatures)
1 American kestrel

Sun Valley Lake(Pipestem, Summers County - private)
14 lesser scaups
2 American black ducks

New, Bluestone & Greenbrier rivers all high & muddy. Road into Bluestone
S.P. is closed & a landslide is blocking one lane of the road south of
Brooks Falls on New River(Raleigh County).
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV

 

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Date: 2/15/25 8:13 am
From: MFowler <monty...>
Subject: Warbler's back
Our Yellow-rumped warbler was back yesterday in the sunny weather. That is a
first for our yard birds list. We haven't seen more than one at a time so
not sure if it's a nesting pair.



Monty Fowler

Beverly Hills area

Huntington

 

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Date: 2/14/25 7:27 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 13, 2025
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From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 13, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Mercer, West Virginia, US
Feb 13, 2025 11:57 AM - 12:07 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: 46 degrees, sunny
8 species

Canada Goose 14
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 16
American Black Duck 2
Ring-necked Duck 66 easily counted while they swam
Killdeer 4
Turkey Vulture 1
American Crow 4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S213223096

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

 

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Date: 2/14/25 7:07 am
From: Mindy Waldron <wvwaldron...>
Subject: Harlequin Duck
Anyone,
Has the Harlequin Duck been seen in the last day or two? And if so where?
Thanks.
Mindy Waldron
Raleigh Co WV

 

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Date: 2/12/25 5:41 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Feb 12, 2025
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From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Feb 12, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Summers, West Virginia, US
Feb 12, 2025 7:50 AM - 3:50 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: 33 degrees, cloudy & overnight ice on 10" of snow
24 species

Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 26
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 18
House Finch 15
Purple Finch 11
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 27
Dark-eyed Junco 29
White-throated Sparrow 24
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 32
Common Grackle 5
Northern Cardinal 19

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S213041633

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Date: 2/11/25 3:35 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Feb 11, 2025
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From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Feb 11, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Summers, West Virginia, US
Feb 11, 2025 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: 29-32 degrees, 10" of snow
22 species

Mourning Dove 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 21
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 28
House Finch 14
Purple Finch 6
American Goldfinch 38
Dark-eyed Junco 21
White-throated Sparrow 19
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Northern Cardinal 18

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212923858

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

 

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Date: 2/11/25 6:55 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Woodcock & snow
FOS woodcock yesterday. This morning we have 5-6" of snow and still snowing.
What's a timber doodle to do.
Jim Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV

 

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Date: 2/10/25 6:05 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Carper's Pond, Princeton, WV, Feb 10, 2025
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From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Carper's Pond, Princeton, WV, Feb 10, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Carper's Pond, Princeton, WV, Mercer, West Virginia, US
Feb 10, 2025 2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 40 degrees, partly cloudy
5 species

Canada Goose 17
Ring-necked Duck 8
Lesser Scaup 15
Hooded Merganser 4
Killdeer 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212824681

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

 

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Date: 2/10/25 6:04 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Bull Tail Hollow, Feb 10, 2025
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From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Bull Tail Hollow, Feb 10, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Bull Tail Hollow, Mercer, West Virginia, US
Feb 10, 2025 1:34 PM - 1:49 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 39 degrees, cloudy
5 species

Canada Goose 6
Bufflehead 3
American Crow 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Song Sparrow 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212824519

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

 

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Date: 2/10/25 6:03 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 10, 2025
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Feb 10, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Glenwood Sewage Lagoons, Mercer, West Virginia, US
Feb 10, 2025 1:06 PM - 1:16 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: 39 degrees, cloudy
7 species

Canada Goose 19
Mallard 10
American Black Duck 8
Ring-necked Duck 78 They were on the water and easy to count with or
without the binoculars.
Killdeer 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212824353

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

 

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Date: 2/10/25 3:59 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Peent!
At 6:20 this evening, Judy called me out to the porch to hear our first of
the season American Woodcock!!
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV

 

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Date: 2/9/25 7:25 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Feb 9, 2025
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From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Feb 9, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Summers, West Virginia, US
Feb 9, 2025 2:10 PM - 2:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 39 degrees, cloudy
5 species

Common Merganser 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Golden Eagle 1 adult
Bald Eagle 3 2 adults, 1 immature
Common Raven 2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212709836

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Date: 2/9/25 1:52 pm
From: MFowler <monty...>
Subject: Unusual warbler?
Spotted something out of the ordinary at the bird feeder this afternoon, and
as best I can tell it was a female Yellow-rumped warbler. Small, mostly grey
on top, black eye stripe and a small patch of bright yellow on the flanks.
The beak looked a little more wren-like, but it wasn't on the ground long
enough for a good look.



Monty Fowler

Beverly Hills area

Huntington

 

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Date: 2/8/25 6:55 pm
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Feb 8, 2025
Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Saturday, 8 February 2025 9:53 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Feb 8, 2025


Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Feb 8, 2025 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: light rain 32*
10 species

American Wigeon 2
Canvasback 15
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 1
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Ring-billed Gull X
Peregrine Falcon 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212533151

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Date: 2/7/25 10:25 am
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Feb 5, 2025
Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Friday, 7 February 2025 1:18 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Feb 5, 2025


Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Feb 5, 2025 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: overcast 33*
9 species

Canada Goose 11
Canvasback 14
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 2
Common Merganser 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Ring-billed Gull 20
Peregrine Falcon 1
European Starling 30

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212319551

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Date: 2/7/25 10:25 am
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Proctor, Feb 5, 2025
Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Friday, 7 February 2025 1:14 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - Proctor, Feb 5, 2025


Proctor, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Feb 5, 2025 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: overcast 32*
12 species

Canada Goose 60
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 12
Ring-necked Duck 1
Common Merganser 36
Ring-billed Gull 5
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Northern Cardinal 2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212319054

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Date: 2/7/25 10:24 am
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Fairview Ridge, Feb 5, 2025
Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Friday, 7 February 2025 1:09 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - Fairview Ridge, Feb 5, 2025


Fairview Ridge, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Feb 5, 2025 12:25 PM - 12:40 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: overcast 29*
16 species

Wild Turkey 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Finch 4
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 15
Dark-eyed Junco 7
White-throated Sparrow 9
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Northern Cardinal 8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212318533

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

 

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Date: 2/7/25 10:24 am
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: merlin
Our internet just came back on today.

Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Friday, 7 February 2025 1:20 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - New Martinsville, Feb 5, 2025


New Martinsville, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Feb 5, 2025 2:00 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments: In trees above Doak's greenhouse across from Ace hardware
1 species

Merlin 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212319799

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Date: 2/6/25 6:46 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Feb 5, 2025
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Feb 5, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


Bluestone SP--Mouth of the Bluestone, Summers, West Virginia, US
Feb 5, 2025 2:52 PM - 3:12 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 43 degrees, cloudy
6 species

Common Merganser 17
Turkey Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 2 adult, immature
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212179177

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Date: 2/6/25 6:46 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - New River Gorge NP--Madams Creek to Sandstone Falls (Summers Co.), Feb 5, 2025
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <do-not-reply...>
Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Subject: eBird Report - New River Gorge NP--Madams Creek to Sandstone Falls
(Summers Co.), Feb 5, 2025
To: <jimandjudyphillips...>


New River Gorge NP--Madams Creek to Sandstone Falls (Summers Co.), Summers,
West Virginia, US
Feb 5, 2025 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Madams Creek to Brooks Falls. 45 degrees, cloudy
8 species

Ring-billed Gull 38
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 3 immatures
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Crow 10
Common Raven 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S212178812

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Date: 2/1/25 6:42 am
From: Paul Mckay <paulmck57...>
Subject: Black Vultures and Ravens
In Ohio County, just west of West Lib i saw our 2 black vultures again
looking quite pretty against the blue sky while a raven made it's raven
sounds across the valley.
Paul
Paul McKay

 

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Date: 1/30/25 6:36 pm
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Jan 30, 2025
American coot showed up today.

Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Thursday, 30 January 2025 9:30 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Jan 30, 2025


Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Jan 30, 2025 4:10 PM - 5:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: overcast 42 degrees with some ice on river
20 species

Canada Goose 45
Mallard 8
Canvasback 16
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 50
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 70
American Coot 3
Ring-billed Gull 60
American Herring Gull 3
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 90
European Starling 65
American Robin 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S211307274

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Date: 1/30/25 6:33 pm
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - The home place, Jan 30, 2025
I found a field sparrow and 2 hermit thrush first for this month

Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Thursday, 30 January 2025 9:10 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - The home place, Jan 30, 2025


The home place, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Jan 30, 2025 9:55 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: sunny 35 degrees patchy snow cover
16 species

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Eastern Bluebird 15
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 2
Field Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4

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Date: 1/30/25 6:31 pm
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Fairview Ridge, Jan 30, 2025
Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Thursday, 30 January 2025 9:14 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - Fairview Ridge, Jan 30, 2025


Fairview Ridge, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Jan 30, 2025 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: sunny 32 degrees with patchy snow cover
18 species

Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 8
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 11
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Finch 12
Purple Finch 11
American Goldfinch 30
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Northern Cardinal 14

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Date: 1/28/25 4:56 pm
From: Chris Mullens <mullensc66...>
Subject: Re: Good raptor day
One 3rd Year Bald Eagle in Bluefield, VA today.

On Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 6:26 PM James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
wrote:

> This afternoon, we saw a gorgeous male northern harrier just north of
> Athens, Mercer County.
> At the mouth of the Bluestone in Bluestone S.P., Summers County we saw 12
> bald eagles(2 adults, 10 immatures) and a kestrel.
> Below Bluestone Dam, we saw another adult & 2 immature bald eagles and at
> least 3 red- tailed hawks. Near Brooks Falls we saw a red screech owl
> snoozing in the sunshine(51 degrees, Yay!).
> Jim & Judy Phillips
> Summers County
> Pipestem, WV
>

 

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Date: 1/28/25 3:26 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Good raptor day
This afternoon, we saw a gorgeous male northern harrier just north of
Athens, Mercer County.
At the mouth of the Bluestone in Bluestone S.P., Summers County we saw 12
bald eagles(2 adults, 10 immatures) and a kestrel.
Below Bluestone Dam, we saw another adult & 2 immature bald eagles and at
least 3 red- tailed hawks. Near Brooks Falls we saw a red screech owl
snoozing in the sunshine(51 degrees, Yay!).
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV

 

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Date: 1/27/25 5:47 pm
From: Wilma Jarrell <wjar...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Jan 27, 2025
Wilma Jarrell
Wileyville
Wetzel County

-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply <do-not-reply...>
To: wjar <wjar...>
Date: Monday, 27 January 2025 8:45 PM EST
Subject: eBird Report - Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Jan 27, 2025


Hannibal Dam/Howard Jeffers Park, Wetzel, West Virginia, US
Jan 27, 2025 3:46 PM - 4:24 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: sunny 36 degrees with patchy snow cover Some ice above dam, with no ice below dam
19 species

Canada Goose 65
Mallard 25
American Black Duck 4
Canvasback 6
Ring-necked Duck 3
Lesser Scaup 5
Bufflehead 8
Common Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 10
Common Merganser 29
Ruddy Duck 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 75
Ring-billed Gull 65
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 1
European Starling 10
Song Sparrow 1

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Date: 1/27/25 3:49 pm
From: Bruni Haydl <bruni...>
Subject: Odd birdfeeder
I had my eye on a Bald-faced hornet nest that finally fell off the high tree it was hanging from.  First, the papery shell and a week later, the three-tiered innards. Fortunately, I was able to pull off the road and retrieve it.  Such fascinating construction.  I put it on a small table outside to take photos.  Next time I looked, a Carolina wren was checking it out.  It was of particular interest to a Downy woodpecker who kept hacking away at it.  He returned several times.  Maybe there was something edible left in some of  those large hexagon shaped cells.

On our dogwalk this morning, I noticed a bird in the big tree in the field.  The shape threw me off.  The rounded body almost resembled a quail.  Turned out to be a Red-shouldered Hawk having breakfast.  That hunched posture as he was pulling his victim apart sure fooled me.  When he was finished, he flew to another limb and showed off his lovely breast color.

Our last snowfall and subsequent low temperatures made for lots of bird activity.  Lots of Cardinals that were really stunning in the snow.  One advantage to living in the country is that the snow stays  pristine.  Special birds were two adult White-crowned sparrows and one first year bird. 

Bruni Haydl
Jefferson Co.


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Date: 1/27/25 6:54 am
From: MFowler <monty...>
Subject: Mockingbirds and hawks
Something I had not seen under our feeders on Sunday, four Mockingbirds (I'm
assuming two pairs). Usually it's just one who flits in, digs around in the
sunflower seed on the ground, and then quickly departs. These four stayed
for almost an hour.



We also got a crow show, with four of them mobbing the Sharp-Shinned hawk
that has been hanging around our feeder (and who nailed a Starling last week
right under the feeders). It was quite the raucous display for about 20
minutes, until the hawk finally had enough and departed to the south.



Monty Fowler

Beverly Hills area

Huntington

 

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Date: 1/22/25 6:02 pm
From: Becky Szabo <000000077d56e4ca-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Re: Ohio County Birds
Paul & Debbie,
The Blue Jays are here in Brooke County, demanding as always. They have their own peanut ring here, Shannon, so they don’t bother any of the others. Sadly for us though, the Juncos were no-shows even with the snow!
Becky & Steve Szabo

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 22, 2025, at 3:41 PM, Shannon Burner <shannonann66...> wrote:
>
> I have your blue jays! I had sixteen at my feeder this morning. A regular
> street gang, bossing everyone around and flushing the smaller birds left
> and right!
>
> Shannon Burner
> New Creek Mineral Co
>
>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 3:36 PM Paul Mckay <paulmck57...> wrote:
>>
>> We have 2 Towhees at the feeders today. I have noticed a couple in our yard
>> as well as a few on our farm across the road. I mention this because it is
>> not a usual occurrence they generally are gone by mid December and return
>> in early March, although during warm winters some stay year round. This is
>> not one of those winters. I wonder if the ones that stick around are
>> removed from the gene pool over time. Although if successful they have
>> first crack at breeding territory.
>> Also we have all four genders of white throated sparrow I am sure. (by
>> how many birds are under the feeders). If you are not familiar with it
>> Google scientific papers on gender and white throated sparrow, throw in
>> scientific name to weed out the fluff.
>> Also Cardinals, chicadees, downy woodpeckers, red bellied woodpeckers, song
>> sparrows, gold finches, house finches, junco, very unhappy Carolina wrens,
>> flickers, red shouldered hawk, a brown creeper but surprisingly no blue
>> Jay's.
>> Paul and Debbie McKay
>> West Lib
>> Ohio County
>>

 

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Date: 1/22/25 12:41 pm
From: Shannon Burner <shannonann66...>
Subject: Re: Ohio County Birds
I have your blue jays! I had sixteen at my feeder this morning. A regular
street gang, bossing everyone around and flushing the smaller birds left
and right!

Shannon Burner
New Creek Mineral Co

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 3:36 PM Paul Mckay <paulmck57...> wrote:

> We have 2 Towhees at the feeders today. I have noticed a couple in our yard
> as well as a few on our farm across the road. I mention this because it is
> not a usual occurrence they generally are gone by mid December and return
> in early March, although during warm winters some stay year round. This is
> not one of those winters. I wonder if the ones that stick around are
> removed from the gene pool over time. Although if successful they have
> first crack at breeding territory.
> Also we have all four genders of white throated sparrow I am sure. (by
> how many birds are under the feeders). If you are not familiar with it
> Google scientific papers on gender and white throated sparrow, throw in
> scientific name to weed out the fluff.
> Also Cardinals, chicadees, downy woodpeckers, red bellied woodpeckers, song
> sparrows, gold finches, house finches, junco, very unhappy Carolina wrens,
> flickers, red shouldered hawk, a brown creeper but surprisingly no blue
> Jay's.
> Paul and Debbie McKay
> West Lib
> Ohio County
>

 

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Date: 1/22/25 12:36 pm
From: Paul Mckay <paulmck57...>
Subject: Ohio County Birds
We have 2 Towhees at the feeders today. I have noticed a couple in our yard
as well as a few on our farm across the road. I mention this because it is
not a usual occurrence they generally are gone by mid December and return
in early March, although during warm winters some stay year round. This is
not one of those winters. I wonder if the ones that stick around are
removed from the gene pool over time. Although if successful they have
first crack at breeding territory.
Also we have all four genders of white throated sparrow I am sure. (by
how many birds are under the feeders). If you are not familiar with it
Google scientific papers on gender and white throated sparrow, throw in
scientific name to weed out the fluff.
Also Cardinals, chicadees, downy woodpeckers, red bellied woodpeckers, song
sparrows, gold finches, house finches, junco, very unhappy Carolina wrens,
flickers, red shouldered hawk, a brown creeper but surprisingly no blue
Jay's.
Paul and Debbie McKay
West Lib
Ohio County

 

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Date: 1/20/25 5:28 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Re: 20th Winter Eagle Survey - 1/18/24
Oops!
Subject title in last email should be -
20th Winter Eagle Survey - 1/18/2025
Jim

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 8:22 AM James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
wrote:

> The Winter Eagle Survey was held on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
> Participants in various locations in southern WV including Mercer, Monroe,
> Summers, Greenbrier & Raleigh counties found at least 55 bald eagles. This
> year we added R.D. Bailey Lake(a new location for our survey) on the
> Wyoming/Mingo County line. One site in Giles County, VA was visited as
> well. No golden eagles were found.
> The Spring Eagle Survey will be Saturday, March 1, 2025.
> Jim Phillips
> Summers County
> Pipestem, WV
>

 

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Date: 1/20/25 5:22 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: 20th Winter Eagle Survey - 1/18/24
The Winter Eagle Survey was held on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
Participants in various locations in southern WV including Mercer, Monroe,
Summers, Greenbrier & Raleigh counties found at least 55 bald eagles. This
year we added R.D. Bailey Lake(a new location for our survey) on the
Wyoming/Mingo County line. One site in Giles County, VA was visited as
well. No golden eagles were found.
The Spring Eagle Survey will be Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Jim Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV

 

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