VA BIRDers,
I started out in the picnic area near the last parking lot at 730am and the
action was good near the first shelter you see. Highlight was Black-billed
Cuckoo, Philadelphia Vireo and several Cape Mays. A lady photographer came
out and joined me for about an hour - we ran into Marc and Scott near the
swing sets. Moving on, I went to the backside of the Visitor Center and got
few rewards, then headed to the Bushy Point Kayak Launch area, soon joined
by Marc and Scott, and there was a small bit of activity - Marc indicated a
Veery was near the parking lot. We walked about, then headed to the old
Beaver Ponds (Marc noted a Black-billed Cuckoo going to ground for a green
caterpillar of some such) and this new location added more Common
Yellowthroats and a green-back empid low in the growth suggestive of a
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; this ended the visit to the park (I think it was
about 11?). Totals that I could recall are below.
Kurt Gaskill
C. Goose 6
Mallard 8
DC Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
L. Gull 12
RB Gull 12
Forster's Tern 22
Rock Pig 1
Mourning Dove 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Red-bellied WP 6
Downy WP 5
Hairy WP 1
No. Flicker 1
PIleated WP 2
E. Wood Pewee 7
Trail's Flycatcher 1
E. Phoebe 4
E. Kingbird 1
White-eyed V 1
Philadelphia V 1
Red-eyed V 4
Blue Jay 12
Am. Crow 3
No. Rough-winged Sw 2
C. Chickadee 7
T. Titmouse 7
White-br Nuthatch 4
C. Wren 6
Ruby-crown Kinglet 1
E. Bluebird 5, 4 were quite young
Swainson's Thrush 1
Veery 1
Am. Robin 24
Gray Catbird 5
No. Mocker 1
Brown Thrasher 2
E. Starling 40
Cedar Waxing 8
Tennessee 1
Nashville 2
No. Parula 4 (I think Marc got many, many more on the hillside)
Chestnut-sided 1
Magnolia 5
Cape May 5
Black-thr Blue 2
Black-thr Green 1
Yellow-throated 1
PIne 1
Black & White 2
Am. Redstart 3
No. Waterthrush 2
Com. Yellowthroat 8
Summer Tanager 2, all dull orange
Scarlet Tanager 3
Chipping Sp 2
No. Cardinal 15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Com. Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Am. Goldfinch 3
