Hello all,
It was quite a morning at the western edge of the meadow at Riverbend
Park, Fairfax County, VA this morning.
The edge is a good place to check this time of the year for migrants,
especially warblers, and we were not disappointed.
Ralph Wall was there too and had an American Redstart elsewhere in
the meadow. We also walked the river trail south from the visitor
center.
Our list follows:
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee (H)
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Good birding to all,
Jay and Carol Hadlock
Herndon, VA
