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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Alcatraz Island with its legendary birdman can’t hold a feather to Rappahannock’s Roger Jones. For ten years, Jones has devoted his free time to birds—first purple martins, then bluebirds and now barn owls, red-tailed hawks and kestrels.
He’s more than a bird watcher. Roger Jones is a “bird doer.” He’s put up 40 houses or more for bluebirds all over the county, establishing bluebird trails near Sperryville, Washington and Flint Hill.
“They’re having a great year,” he reported with pride, noting that bluebird families had established themselves in most of the houses.
At his own home near Woodville, Jones has put in two large ponds and stocked one with wood duck decoys. The ponds are deep—40 feet in spots—so as to attract feathered flyers. “I’m not a hunter but I like to see the ducks and geese come in,” he saidHis house is built into a hillside with a deck and lots of glass—perfect for bird watching. A telescope sits at one picture window, aimed at bird roosts in the tops of tall evergreens. Bags of bird seed are piled on the counters, binoculars and bird books are scattered on tables and sofas. The deck holds a large bird feeder. Pictures of birds,
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