I spent 6:30-8:15AM today (Saturday 25 April) near the O&D bike trail
in Reston, just east of Hunter Mill Road. I found a nice variety of
common birds, but only a single warbler species, strange since I
covered several habitats.
Notable FOS (for me) were -
GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (1, in the woods far from the path)
ORCHARD ORIOLE (4, two M-F pairs)
I saw a Hermit Thrush but did not hear or see any Wood Thrushes. Lots
and lots of COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and two Blue-Gray Gnatnabbers. A
large-ish accipiter sp. flew overhead.
A 5th (probably) Orchard Oriole in the top of a tree looked like it
had painted Day-Glo red on its belly, or else it was a Scarlet
Teenager with a black Goth hood over its head.
Happy birding everyone ---
- Steve
stevejohnson2 (at) verizon (dot) net
