Hello VA-BIRDers,
I was lucky to be able to spend about an hour this morning around the visitor
center at Ellanor Lawrence Park (western Fairfax County).
It didn't take long for me to see my first warbler - in the front yard there
was a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. But in the back yard, things really got going.
Besides the other non-warblers (listed below), I was able to see a
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, two YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs, and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.
Then on the ground near the feeder I saw a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.
I heard, but did not get to see, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and at least one
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Then, to top it all off, I saw a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER together in a tree, right next to each other. It
was great to be able to compare these two individuals so close together.
Woo-hoo, 10 warblers in one day.
Full list -
(no waterfowl - didn't visit the pond, too busy identifying warblers)
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl - nesting again this year, same location, near the parking lot
Downy WP
Red-Bellied WP
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Amer. Crow
Caro. Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Caro. Wren
House Wren
Amer. Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Euro. Starling
Red-Eyed Vireo
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
No. Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Chippie Sparrow
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oreo
Amer. Goldfinch
Think I'll go visit Monticello Park this weekend. ;-)
- Steve Johnson
Fairfax, VA
