I hope everyone today at least got a breath of fresh spring air. I
was lucky to get in 90 minutes of birding at Algonkian Park in eastern
Loudoun County this morning. I had a poor day for migrants but a nice
variety of breeding plumages nonetheless. I started at the western
parking lot near the pool, walked past the boat launch around the
soccer field, then back, spending a good amount of time each way in
the eastern picnic area near the boat launch. That is where I have
seen lots of warblers in past years, and had "bup-kiss" there today.
3 species today seemed to be present in unusually high numbers:
Blackpolls, Indigo Buntings, and Eastern Phoebes.
Here's the list of 36 species.
Double-Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Osprey
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
