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  1. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Dickerson Farm (Private)
  2. Green Heron Butorides virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Lohr
    Location: James River--Rt 29 Bridge to end of Feagans Island
  3. Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jon Selle
    Location: James River Heritage Trail at Percival's Island Natural Area (Amherst Co.)
  4. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  5. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  6. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  7. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  8. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  9. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  10. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  11. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  12. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  13. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  14. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 36
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  15. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  16. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 29
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  17. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  18. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  19. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Cherry Hill Loop Route
  20. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road
  21. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road
  22. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
    # Count: 23
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road
  23. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road
  24. Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road
  25. Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: George Burruss
    Location: Geddes
  26. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Joyce Lowry
    Location: James River Visitor Center/Trail of the Trees
  27. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: 798 High Peak Road, Monroe, Virginia, US (37.531, -79.146)
  28. Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Coffeytown Road, Alto to Salt Log Gap
  29. Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Wynnyk
    Location: Blue Ridge Parkway -- Punchbowl Mountain Overlook
  30. Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Wynnyk
    Location: Blue Ridge Parkway -- Punchbowl Mountain Overlook
  31. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Pedlar River Road
  32. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Monacan Park
  33. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Wynnyk
    Location: Reusen's Dam (Amherst Co.)
  34. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  35. Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Home
  36. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road to Salt Log Gap
  37. Veery Catharus fuscescens
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road to Salt Log Gap
  38. Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road to Salt Log Gap
  39. Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road to Salt Log Gap
  40. Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road to Salt Log Gap
  41. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road to Salt Log Gap
  42. Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Home- Sugar Mill
  43. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  44. Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Joshua Falls Road (664)
  45. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 44
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: West Monitor Rd - Poorhouse to Rt 60
  46. Barred Owl Strix varia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: West Monitor Rd - Poorhouse to Rt 60
  47. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Amelon Commerce Center
  48. Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Stinson
    Location: Amelon Commerce Center
  49. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Katkin
    Location: Cold Mountain
  50. Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Katkin
    Location: Cold Mountain
  51. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Home
  52. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Joshua Falls Road (664)
  53. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: SBC Kentucky Ridge Trail
  54. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: SBC Kentucky Ridge Trail
  55. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Brightwell Mill Rd
  56. Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Joshua Falls Road
  57. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Joshua Falls Road
  58. Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: 802-810 Alhambra Road, Vesuvius, Virginia, US (37.784, -79.164)
  59. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Haque
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  60. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Joshua Falls Road (664)
  61. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Joshua Falls Road (664)
  62. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  63. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  64. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  65. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  66. Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  67. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Geddes Mnt Road
  68. Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Home- Sugar Mill
  69. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: James River Visitor Center/Trail of the Trees
  70. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Otter Creek Lake
  71. Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Genesis Bishop
    Location: James River Visitor Center/Trail of the Trees
  72. Sora Porzana carolina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Galt's Mill Marsh
  73. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Galts Mill Road, Madison Heights, Virginia, US (37.457, -78.994)
  74. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Galts Mill Road, Madison Heights, Virginia, US (37.457, -78.994)
  75. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Galt's Mill Road area
  76. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Galt's Mill Road area
  77. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Galt's Mill Road area
  78. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Galt's Mill Road area
  79. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Galt's Mill Road area
  80. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: 802-810 Alhambra Road, Vesuvius, Virginia, US (37.784, -79.164)
  81. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: 802-810 Alhambra Road, Vesuvius, Virginia, US (37.784, -79.164)
  82. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Galt's Mill Road area
  83. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Galt's Mill Road area
  84. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Gene Sattler
    Location: Joshua Falls Road
  85. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Riveredge Park
  86. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Blue Ridge Parkway - Punchbowl Trail area
  87. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Blue Ridge Parkway - Punchbowl Trail area
  88. Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Blue Ridge Parkway - Punchbowl Trail area
  89. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Home- Sugar Mill
  90. Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Joshua Falls Road (664)
  91. Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Joshua Falls Road (664)
  92. Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Joshua Falls Road (664)
  93. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Anthony
    Location: Reusen's Dam (Amherst Co.)
  94. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  95. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  96. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  97. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 220
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  98. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  99. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  100. Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Sandidges Rd - Lowesville to Gidsville
  101. Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  102. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Stinson
    Location: Reusen's Dam (Amherst Co.)
  103. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 115
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Stinson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  104. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John Styrsky
    Location: James River Heritage Trail, Madison Heights, Virginia, US (37.405, -79.105)
  105. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Laura Neale
    Location: Snowden Boat Ramp
  106. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Sandidges Rd/Gidsville Rd
  107. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  108. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Stinson
    Location: Reusen's Dam (Amherst Co.)
  109. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Gidsville Rd (Rt 625)
  110. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  111. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  112. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 80
    Date:
    Observer: Janelle Donaldson
    Location: James River Heritage Trail at Percival's Island Natural Area (Amherst Co.)
  113. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Bridge Area
  114. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  115. Merlin Falco columbarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sandidges Rd - Rt 60 to Rt 617
  116. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 21
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Gidsville Rd - Sandidges to SHLP Entrance
  117. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  118. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  119. American Coot Fulica americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matthew Hosmer
    Location: 7500–7642 Elon Rd, Big Island US-VA 37.58300, -79.37912
  120. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: James River upstream of US 501 bridge
  121. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Lohr
    Location: Appalachian Trail--James River Foot Bridge (Amherst Co.)
  122. American Wigeon Mareca americana
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Stinson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  123. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jacob Hall
    Location: AT - Big Rocky Row
  124. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Thrashers Lake Park
  125. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Jacob Hall
    Location: Appalachian Trail--James River Foot Bridge (Amherst Co.)
  126. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Jacob Hall
    Location: Appalachian Trail--James River Foot Bridge (Amherst Co.)
  127. Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Jacob Hall
    Location: Appalachian Trail--James River Foot Bridge (Amherst Co.)
  128. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Laura Neale
    Location: Hog Camp Gap
  129. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  130. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  131. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Sweet Briar College
  132. Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Karl Huebner
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Bridge Area
  133. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Gene Sattler
    Location: River Road
  134. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Scott D Rankins
    Location: Percival Island to River Road railroad trestle
  135. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Poorhouse Farm Rd
  136. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Genesis Bishop
    Location: James River Visitor Center/Trail of the Trees
  137. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake
  138. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 67
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  139. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Galt’s Mill Rd
  140. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Thrashers Lake Park
  141. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Cassandra Maart
    Location: River Road
  142. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ethan Shepherd
    Location: River road
  143. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Kayla Sassaman
    Location: River rd, Madison heights
  144. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Genesis Bishop
    Location: 301–461 River Rd, Lynchburg US-VA 37.42586, -79.14031
  145. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 87
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Amelon Square Shopping Center
  146. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Sandidges Rd.(Rt.610) to Giddsville Rd.(Rt.625).
  147. Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Gene Sattler
    Location: James River Heritage Trail Access - Fertilizer Road
  148. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Muddy Branch Rd
  149. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  150. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Kate Atkins
    Location: Mount Pleasant Scenic Area
  151. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: William Heinle
    Location: Mount Pleasant Scenic Area
  152. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Aubrey Youngdale
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  153. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 41
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Epperson
    Location: Snowden Dam Overlook (US 501)
  154. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Clark
    Location: Henry Lanum Trail
  155. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will McPhail
    Location: Amherst County, VA (from the road)
  156. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Judy strang
    Location: Strang Farm
  157. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 42
    Date:
    Observer: Jason Strickland
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  158. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 79
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Lowesville Rd
  159. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Joshua Arrington
    Location: Sandidges Road
  160. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Wallace
    Location: Henry Lanum Trail
  161. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Lohr
    Location: Henry Lanum Trail
  162. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Joshua Emm
    Location: Mount Pleasant Scenic Area
  163. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Burkett
    Location: 307 Windy Ridge Way, Amherst, Virginia, US (37.591, -78.969)
  164. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Pisano
    Location: Mount Pleasant Scenic Area
  165. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Henry Griffin
    Location: James River Heritage Trail at Percival's Island Natural Area (Amherst Co.)
  166. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Henry Griffin
    Location: James River Heritage Trail at Percival's Island Natural Area (Amherst Co.)
  167. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 173
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Warrick Barn Road - West
  168. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Puppy Creek Road
  169. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Puppy Creek Road
  170. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 175
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Thrashers Lake Park
  171. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
    # Count: 74
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  172. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 48
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  173. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
    # Count: 45
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  174. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Indian Creek Rd Quarry
  175. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Indian Creek Rd Quarry
  176. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Gidsville Rd (Rt 625)
  177. Gadwall Mareca strepera
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  178. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 56
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  179. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 405
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  180. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Matthew Hosmer
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  181. Redhead Aythya americana
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Lohr
    Location: Thrashers Lake Park
  182. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Lohr
    Location: Gidsville Rd (Rt 625)
  183. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
    # Count: 126
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Johnson
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  184. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Lohr
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  185. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Ryan's Pond
  186. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Stinson
    Location: Thrashers Lake Park

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: James River and bank in Amherst Co.

Additional Taxa (20)

  1. new world vulture sp. Cathartidae sp.
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Kate W
    Location: Riveredge Park
  2. new world warbler sp. Parulidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Wiggins Spring Road
  3. Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla/noveboracensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Wynnyk
    Location: Blue Ridge Parkway -- Upper Otter Creek Overlook
  4. new world flycatcher sp. Tyrannidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Amelon Commerce Center
  5. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Galts Mill
  6. shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kate W
    Location: Woodys Lake
  7. crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kate W
    Location: Woodys Lake
  8. Catharus sp. Catharus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Boatwright
    Location: Otter Creek Lake
  9. Cackling/Canada Goose Branta hutchinsii/canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  10. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mill Creek Bridge Area
  11. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 36
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Thrashers Lake Park
  12. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  13. woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Capaldi
    Location: Mount Pleasant Scenic Area
  14. Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michelle Gianvecchio
    Location: Henry Lanum Trail
  15. Downy/Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens/villosus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mount Pleasant Scenic Area
  16. falcon sp. Falco sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Riley
    Location: Thrashers Lake Park
  17. Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk Accipiter striatus/cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  18. Common/Red-breasted Merganser Mergus merganser/serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  19. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park
  20. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 150
    Date:
    Observer: Donna Mateski de Sanchez
    Location: Mill Creek Lake Park