Hello VA Birders,
I covered the Wetlands, 42nd Street and the Floodwall (in that order) this
morning between 7:30 and 11:00. Most time was spent at 42nd Street.
Highlights include NASHVILLE WARBLER, first of season YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET.
Today's list follows;
Canada Goose 200
Mallard 7
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 5
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 1
Laughing Gull 9
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 40
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 8
House Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 16
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 40
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 2
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 10
Additional species seen in the city this past week include
Laughing Gull 175, 10/1, 86 10/2
Great Horned Owl 1, 9/30
Common Nighthawk 3, 9/30
Cape May Warbler 1, 10/1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, 10/2
Yellow Warbler 1, 10/1
Blackburnian Warbler 1, 10/2
Ovenbird 1, 10/1
Hooded Warbler 1, 10/3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1, 10/1
