Birds Observed in Montgomery County, Virginia

Abstract

of the nuptial phunage. 2. Podilymbus podiceps. Pied-billed Grebe. -An occasionalfall and spring visitor, in late October, late March, and early April. The spring specimens in breeding plumage.3. Gavia immer. Loon. -Accidental. Three November records, all in immature plumage.4. Larus franklini. Franklin's Gull. -One specimen, a female in fall plumage, was secured near the ice-pond on October 22, 1898 (see Auk, Vol. XIX, p. 74.) This I believe, is the first record of this species east of the Mississippi. The specimen is now in my collection.5. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. -An occasional winter and spring visitor; with one exception, all in adult plumage. I have six records, all on the college ice-pond, by my house; one each for December, January, April and May, and two for March. The May record was of an immature specimen. My house is within fifty yards of the ice-pond, and a spy-glass hangs within easy reach of my study window, so that identifications can easily be made; and if necessary, the gun can be called into service.6. Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gvll. -One visited the ^°'i9lf'^]

Life histories of North American birds of prey pt. 2: Orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes

“…Ellison A. Smyth, Jr. (1912) John Steidl (1928) Floyd Bralliar (1922) In some of these the association is of a playful nature as in the case mentioned by Edward R. Warren (1916), who "once saw one Sparrow Hawk after three Redtails", and in that related by William Brewster (1925) Here they find an abundant food supply, in the flocks of resident house sparrows and starlings, and convenient places to roost, even in the business districts of the city, in the niches of the high office buildings.…”