The few hrs that Gerry Hawkins & I spent birding at Bles Park in eastern
Loudoun Co yesterday morning reminded me what a jewel of a park this is with
all its scrub, wildflowers, small wetlands (most of which are impenetrable
because of the brambles & thick scrub that surrounds them), & the woods along
both the Potomac and Broad Run. During our visit there we found 47 bird
species of which seven were warblers and seven sparrows.
In addition to at least 10 Eastern Phoebes there were really large numbers of
Field Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows, and White-crowned Sparrows.
Most of the birds were in the scrubby meadows & wetlands with a few along the
edges of the woods and few on the river or Broad Run, itself.
See below for the complete list.
Joe Coleman
Bles Park, Loudoun, US-VA
Oct 10, 2011 7:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
47 species
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck 1
Mallard X
Red-shouldered Hawk X
Rock Pigeon 9
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Pileated Woodpecker X
Eastern Phoebe 10
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Eastern Bluebird X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 clearly seen by both Gerry & I with wing bars and
coloration typical of a Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
White-crowned Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Indigo Bunting 1
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/VA)
