Approximately 25 people joined me for the Northern Virginia Bird Club's
sponsored walk this morning. The personal highlight for me was the three
recently fledged Acadian Flycatchers sitting side by side on a branch in the
wooded area along Barnyard Run. Then the parents came in to feed the
fledglings and off they went. This is the latest in the summer that I have
seen dependent Acadian Flycatcher young.
Other empids in the Central Wetland were a (Willow/Alder) Traill's and a
Least Flycatcher busily interacting. Warblers were scarce, but it seemed
like every Ruby-throated Hummingbird in the world was passing through
today. I saw 6 together at the same time and 30 is probably a conservative
estimate.
Gray Catbirds were well represented with 2 family groups and we had great
views of male and female Blue Grosbeaks.
Here is the list.
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1 (heard)
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 30
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1 (heard)
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Acadian Flycatcher 5 (3 fledglings with
attending adults)
Traill's Flycatcher (Willow/Alder) 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 4
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 3
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 12
Wheat-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 9
House Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 22
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 20
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 10
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 3
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 30
Larry Cartwright
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