Hello, birders.
I led a bird walk for a meetup group on Saturday morning. It was fun and the
company was great.
Coolest birds were a stately Bald Eagle perched across the river from the
Visitor Center, a Great Egret along the river's edge a little upriver from the
V.C. and at least one Black-and-White Warbler and an adult male Am. Redstart.
The latter two birds were along the meadow's edge.
Scott Baron
Vienna, Va.
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:35:00 -0400
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Subject: eBird Report - Riverbend Park - CGF11, Aug 11, 2012
Riverbend Park - CGF11, Fairfax, US-VA
Aug 11, 2012 7:52 AM - 11:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Led bird walk for Nature Lovers Meetup. Met up at Visitor
Center. Walked upriver along Potomac Heritage Trail. Then left on Follow
the Hollows Trail. Then Nature Center area to part of Meadow. Lastly we
completed the circuit by walking the wide path downhill straight to Visitor
Center. Also drove slowly along Potomac Hills St. w/ windows down.
Weather - Mostly cloudy. 69 to 78F. Light breeze.
Note - Neat to see at least one Black-and-White Warbler and an Am. Redstart.
Fall migration?
Mammals - E. Gray Squirrel, 1. E. Chipmunk, 1.
Damselflies - bluet sp., 6 (large, blue-gray).
Amphibians/Reptiles - Green Frog, 1. toad sp., 3. Red-bellied Turtle, 1.
Garter Snake, 1.
Butterflies - E. Tiger Swallowtail, 13 (12 yellow, 1 dark female), nectared
on Wild Bergemot, Swamp Milkweed. Crossline Skipper, 2, nectared on Wild
Bergemot. Sachem, 6, nectared on Wild Bergemot. Zabulon Skipper, 3,
nectared on Wild Bergamot, Wingstem.
46 species (+3 other taxa)
Canada Goose 7
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 13
duck sp. 2 flying, far away, not seen well
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 21 one flock over the river
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
vireo sp. 1 not seen well, did not vocalize
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
swallow sp. 8 2 overhead at Nature Center, brief look. 6 over river,
brown above, whitish below. Most likely No. Rough-winged.
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 7
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1 I thought I saw an adult male but then I
thought a bird (different individual?) was not an adult male. Along north
edge of meadow w/ other songbirds.
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1 Meadow edge, southeast corner.
Chipping Sparrow 5
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Indigo Bunting 4
Baltimore Oriole 7
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
