Had a very nice 2 hours at the Elklick woods off Pleasant Valley Drive
in far western Fairfax County this morning, Thursday May 6th.
Highlights:
1) 3 turtles crossing the dirt road - I always see them here in the
spring, much more than other locations
2) Several each singing Redstarts and Prairie Warblers, plus everyone
else singing and calling as well.
3) Best ever sightings of Wild Turkeys: 2 toms displaying their tails
to a group of 6-8 others; and later I flushed a very large turkey from
just 12-15 feet away. Lucky circumstances allowed me to get that close.
Complete list of 41 species is below.
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-Tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey
Mourning Dove
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Crow sp.
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-Breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Red-Eyed Vireo
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-Winged Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
