Birds Reported from West Virginia in March 2006

A nominal 124 species were reported by subscribers to the WV-Bird listserv in March 2006. Unless otherwise noted, species are presumed to have been present the entire month (parenthetical notes include first and last dates, singular observervations, high counts, etc.):

Greater White-fronted Goose (Wood Co. on 18th)
Snow Goose (Mercer Co. on 28th)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan (Hawks Nest on 5th)
Tundra Swan (first on 6th, last on 12th)
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler (Cabell-Mason co. on 11th & Wetzel Co. on 17th)
Northern Pintail (Cabell-Mason co. on 25th)
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback (Putnam Co. on 29th)
Redhead (high of 35 at Big Ditch Lake on 14th)
Ring-necked Duck (through 25th)
Greater Scaup (first on 13th; high of 9 in Berkeley Co. on 13th)
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead (last on 19th)
Common Goldeneye (Pipestem area on 19th)
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser (last on 19th, high of 37 in Jefferson Co. on 11th)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck (Big Ditch Lake on 14th, Wetzel on 17th).
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe (through 25th)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey (first on 15th)
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Sandhill Crane (Cabell-Mason co. on 4th & 9th)
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper (first on 25th)
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo (first on 29th)
Loggerhead Shrike (Lewisburg & Canaan Valley)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow (Hardy Co.)
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow (first on 4th)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (first on 14th)
Barn Swallow (first on 17th)
Purple Martin (first on 30th)
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren (first on 16th)
Winter Wren (Cabell-Mason co. on 11th)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird (first on 9th)
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (first on 3rd)
European Starling
American Pipit (12 at Winfield Locks on 21st)
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler (first on 3rd)
Louisiana Waterthrush (first on 30th)
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow (last on 16th)
Chipping Sparrow (first on 4th)
Field Sparrow (first on 11th)
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow (first on 5th)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (last on 16th)
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch (11th-30th, high of 12 in Jefferson Co. on 26th)
House Finch
Red Crossbill (Cranberry Glades on 5th)
Pine Siskin (Fayette Co. on 5th)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Edits of 05/10/2006: Red-necked Grebe deleted (there have been no reports to date in 2006) and Savannah Sparrow added. The number of species reported in April 2006 remains unchanged at 124.

Edit of 06/01/2006: American Pipit was omitted from the original list. Addition of this species brings the number of species reported in April 2006 to 125.