Hi Everyone,
Before I give some sighting details, I’d like to thank all of you who have sent
me emails off-list supporting me after receiving that bit of invective from
“Liz” the other day. I truly appreciate your words, though I assure you that
that type of thing hardly bothers me. For whatever reason, the occasional
person finds it necessary to try to discredit someone in a public forum, and I
certainly won’t speculate about the true reasoning behind that or what might be
going on in someone’s life that would cause such strong feelings, especially
since I have never heard of or met this person. That said, many have refound
many of the good birds I have reported over the months/years so I need not
concern myself with someone who merely attempts to minimize the effort of time
and energy I regularly put into my birding exploits. At the earlier request of
the moderators, please let’s not create discussion resulting from my words here.
Back to the birds! I got out just after sunrise this AM at Fort Smith Park in
Arlington and (re?)found a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT at the same place I had one on
October 26. It was getting late for northern VA then, but this is quite late
from info I have. It's behind the bird stream just off the trail that enters
the woods. Also present was my first-of-season FOX SPARROW feeding below the
large cedar tree near the stream. There were good numbers of all species
around, likely increasing following yesterday's front.
And below is my entirely fictitious list of birds noted this morning! LOL! ;-)
Jay Keller,
Arlington
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 17
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 21
Tufted Titmouse 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Carolina Wren 4
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 165
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 24
Cedar Waxwing 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Common Yellowthroat 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 11
White-throated Sparrow 23
Dark-eyed Junco 16
Northern Cardinal 13
House Finch 16
American Goldfinch 18
House Sparrow 19
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