This morning's Reston birdwalk at Buttermilk Creek Trail / Lake Fairfax
(co-sponsored by Reston Association, The Bird Feeder and ASNV) featured
an interesting mix of late summer migrants and early winter birds.
Highlights were a Blue-headed Vireo, Winter Wren, FOS White-throated
Sparrows, and five species of warblers. List follows.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Osprey (paraded past us with fish in tow)
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (heard only)
Broad-winged Hawk (not confirmed but probable)
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Plieated Woodpecker (heard only)
Eastern Phoebe
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
WINTER WREN
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Euro Starling
NASHVILLE WARBLER
Magnolia Warbler
BT Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
N. Cardinal
Am. Goldfinch