A total of 12 people turned out for this morning's Northern Va. Bird Club walk
at Great Falls National Park, led by Dorothy Tella and myself. The featured
bird of the day was Cedar Waxwing -- there seemed to be two or three everytime
you looked around. A pair of Great Crested Flycatchers and a Scarlet Tanager
were especially cooperative, giving great views for everybody. The trees are
almost fully leafed out, which is not making finding the warblers and vireos in
the treetops any easier. The Swainson & Wood Thrushes, fortunately, were
down low. The complete list of 57 species is attached below
Robert Klarquist
Arlington, VA
clarquis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Location: Great Falls National Park
Observation date: 5/21/08
Notes: 12 participants -- Leaders: D. Tella & R. Klarquist. Partly cloudy,
breezy, warming up from 50's at start.
Number of species: 57
Canada Goose 15
Mallard 6
Common Merganser 3
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 6
Green Heron 3
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 30
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Swainson's Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 60
Northern Parula 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 4
American Redstart 6
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 7
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Orchard Oriole 7
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 10
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