We did Bull Run Regional Park for the Fairfax County count yesterday May 3.
We birded from 0615-1335, walking about 7 1/2 miles from the park entrance
downstream along Bull Run to Route 28 and then returning. We tried for
Whip-poor-wills from 2130-2200 but with no luck.
Highlights were good numbers of Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Red-eyed Vireos and
American Goldfinches, and 11 warblers including Magnolia and both
Waterthrushes
Following is our list:
Canada Goose 16
Wood Duck 2
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 8
Great Blue Heron 6
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 (including one with a snake)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 12
Barred Owl 3
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 23
Downy Woodpecker 11
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 8
Great crested Flycatcher 5
Red-eyed Vireo 52
Blue Jay 27
American Crow 11
Fish Crow 4
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 24
Tufted Titmouse 33
White-breasted Nuthatch 9
Carolina Wren 34
House Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 55
Eastern Bluebird 8
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 13
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 17
Cedar Waxwing 15
Northern Parula 14
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 60
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-and-White Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 30
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 78
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
