Good day,
It was a warm, muggy morning, but six of us had a birdy walk at Algonkian
Regional Park. This is a Northern Virginia Regional Park in Loudoun County, VA
bordering the Potomac River. A pleasant surprise was finding six warbler
species, and all of them were busily feeding. The walk was co-sponsored by
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and Audubon Society of Northern Virginia. Here's
our list:
Canada Goose--35, flying down river and then over the park
Mallard--3
Double-crested Cormorant--10
Great Blue Heron--4
Bald Eagle--1
Yellow--billed cuckoo--1, sitting quietly in a tree not far from an Eastern
Bluebird
Chimney Swift--100 or so swirling over the river and the park
Belted Kingfisher--3
Red-bellied Woodpecker--10
Downy Woodpecker--3
Northern Flicker--1
Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
Eastern Phoebe--5
Blue Jay--6
American Crow--2
Fish Crow--8
Carolina Chickadee--4
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch--3
Carolina Wren--5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--1
Eastern Bluebird--12
American Robin--6
Northern Mockingbird--6
European Starling--8
Northern Parula--1
Chestnut-sided Warbler--1
Magnolia Warbler--5
Black-throated Blue Warbler--1
Black-and-white Warbler--1
American Redstart--3
Northern Cardinal--3
Good birding to all,
Jay and Carol Hadlock
Joanne Bradbury
