After the rain stopped this morning I went to Leesylvania State Park in
Woodbridge, which is the closest birding spot to my home. It was a
surprisingly great morning, with 77 species total and 19 warbler species.
Lots of blackpoll warblers throughout the park. Yellow warblers were also
notably common. Best bird was a singing Philadelphia vireo above the ruins.
I could not lay eyes on it, but later learned that Tommy Goodwin had seen
one behind the visitors center some time before I encountered mine. I
assume it’s the same bird. I ran into a truly wonderful mixed flock at the
edge of the field used for group camping. It included ovenbird,
blue-winged, black-and-white, 2 Nashvilles, redstart, Cape May, multiple
parulas, yellow, blackpoll, 2 black-throated-blues, yellow-throated, and
prairie. Things were really hopping for a while. I also had gray-cheeked,
Swainson's and wood thrushes along the boardwalk, veery near the trestle,
prothonotary and Wilson's warbler near the boardwalk, bank swallow on
Powell's creek, red-headed woodpecker in the woods behind the small wetland,
magnolia and chestnut-sided on the hillside near the ruins, and summer
tanager along the road that parallels the railroad tracks. The complete
list is below.
Marc Ribaudo
Leesylvania State Park, Prince William, Virginia, US
May 13, 2017 7:00 AM - 11:49 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
77 species
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 5
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1 Singing on hillside above ruins. Much slower song
than red-eye, with a few burrier notes.
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Tree Swallow 8
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 40
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 4
Veery 3
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 12
Ovenbird 4
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Prothonotary Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 11
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 9
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 11
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 20
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Yellow-throated Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 7
Northern Cardinal 13
Common Grackle 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 5
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36790843
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
