We thought it would be interesting to see how many species we could find in a
day in urban Arlington County. Twelve hours of birding, starting at 4:00 AM,
produced 84 species (list follows), more than we anticipated and with some
surprising finds for "inside the beltway" such as Purple Martin and Eastern
Bluebird. Ironically, we had to hunt down Rock Pigeon toward the end of the day
after failing to see a single one anywhere in our travels.
Good birding,
Alan Schreck and Linda Fields
Arlington County, VA, US, Arlington, US-VA May 6, 2012 4:50 AM - 4:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
50.0 mile(s)
Comments: Arlington County Big Day. 40 miles by road, 10 miles by foot.
84 species
Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle (Purple)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
