Four sagacious people turned out for the Northern Virginia Bird Club trip to
the Remington sod farms on Sumerduck Road and were not disappointed. We had
a least three singing DICKCISSELS plus some females, and two HORNED LARKS
right by the road. The birds were seen at the Woodward Turf farm on Rt.
654. There were also multiple MEADOW LARKS. We then continued on to Phelps
WMA and drove down the road to the Resident Manager's house where the best
birds were YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PRAIRIE WARBLER and BLUE GROSBEAK.
Complete list follows:
2 Great Blue Herons
2 Green Herons
2 Black Vultures
5 Turkey Vultures
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
6 Rock Pigeons
12 Mourning Doves
3 Eastern Wood-pewees
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Crested Flycatchers
6 Eastern Kingbirds
2 White-eyed Vireos
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireos
6 Blue jays
7 American Crows
2 Horned Larks
6 Purple Martins
2 Tree Swallows
10 Barn Swallows
3 Tufted Titmouse
2 Carolina Wren
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
4 Eastern Bluebirds
2 Wood Thrush
5 American Robins
2 Gray Catbirds
3 No. Mockingbirds
40 European Starlings
4 Cedar Waxwings
2 No. Parulas
6 Prairie Warblers
1 Ovenbird
8 Common Yellowthroats
2 Yellow-breasted Chats
5 Rufous-sided Towhees
2 Chipping Sparrows
6 Field Sparrows
1 Song Sparrow
7 No. Cardinal
4 Blue Grosbeaks
9 Indigo Buntings
5 Dickcissels
2 Red-winged Blackbirds
10 Eastern Meadowlarks
6 Common Grackles
5 Brown-headed Cowbirds
1 Baltimore Oriole
20 Am. Goldfinches
Joanna B. Taylor
Arlington, VA
