The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia trip to Bristow Station Battlefield
enjoyed gorgeous weather and some decent birding. We were hoping for a good
sparrow show but recent mowing of the extensive fields resulted in very few.
However, large numbers of robins, blue jays, yellow-rumped warblers, flickers,
and cedar waxwings gave us plenty to look at. We saw or heard 3 meadowlarks.
A small flock of chimney swifts was nice. Besides the multitude of
yellow-rumped warblers were 2 palms (eastern variety). The one group of
sparrows we found included chipping, field, and white-throats and eastern
towhee. We saw one sharp-shinned hawk that attracted quite a crowd of blue
jays and flickers, which escorted it out of the area. The complete list is
below.
Canada goose
black vulture
turkey vulture
sharp-shinned hawk
red-shouldered hawk
killdeer
mourning dove
chimney swift
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
blue jay
American crow
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
carolina wren
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
eastern bluebird
American robin
northern mockingbird
european starling
cedar waxwing
yellow-rumped warbler
palm warbler
eastern towhee
chipping sparrow
field sparrow
white-throated sparrow
northern cardinal
red-winged blackbird
eastern meadowlark
house finch
American goldfinch
house sparrow
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge
