Really fun birding in the Fairfax/Centreville area yesterday (10/11). I found
many first of season birds. I had meant to go to another park but the birds
were right outside my door so I explored the neighborhood from dawn to 9am.
All the common, later songbird migrants were present this weekend in western
Fairfax Co. and the birds were numerous. Some of these birds were firsts for
the season for me.
Migrants in my neighborhood:
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Y.b. Sapsucker, No. Flicker, E. Phoebe, Brown Creeper,
Winter Wren, both kinglets, Am. Robin, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher,
Yel.-rumped, BTGreen and Com. Yellowthroat, and lots of sparrows (E. Towhee,
Chipping, Song, Swamp, White-throated and Junco).
Went to Elklick Woodlands in the latter half of the morning. Heard a COMMON
RAVEN off in the distance. Many species that I had in my neighborhood were
here also. Some additional species - White-crowned (3 imm., 1 ad.) Sparrow
and Western Palm and Yellow Palm - both races were numerous.
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
