My visit to Leesylvania SP in Woodbridge got off to a great start this morning
when I found a brown-headed nuthatch in the picnic area, between the restrooms
and the river. I heard the bird calling, giving its distinctive squeaky-toy
call, and then found it about 10 feet overhead on a bare branch. No question
about the i.d. As I started to leave the area I ran into Linda Chittum, and we
were able to re-find the bird. We then went up to the Confederate battery on
Freestone Pt., where an owl tape brought in a great rush of birds, including a
Lawrence’s warbler (blue-winged golden-winged hybrid). I did not get a great
look, but it had bright yellow underparts and forehead, black throat and chin,
and some black around the eye. Other birds included redstart, Cape May,
parula, yellow-throated, and yellow warblers. The hillside below the ruins was
the next hot spot, where we added Nashville, Canada, black-and-white warblers,
common yellowthroat, Baltimore oriole, and indigo bunting. At the boardwalk at
Bushy Pt. we found 3 empids together low in the vegetation. Two were clearly
least flycatchers. The third appeared greener with a narrower eye ring. Not
sure what it was. Other birds in the area included scarlet tanager,
yellow-throated vireo, ovenbird, and prothonotary warbler. A walk along the
railroad tracks yielded chestnut-sided warbler. All in all a productive
morning. The complete list is below.
Marc Ribaudo
Leesylvania State Park - CPW04, Prince William, Virginia, US
Aug 29, 2015 6:25 AM - 10:54 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6
57 species (+2 other taxa)
Mallard 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 1
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 8
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern 2
Mourning Dove 3
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Least Flycatcher 2
Empidonax sp. 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 14
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 Heard its distinctive squeaky toy call first.
Located bird in pines between restrooms and river. Small nuthatch, brown cap,
white cheek, chest and belly, Grayish back. Continued to vocalize.
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 16
European Starling 4
Ovenbird 2
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 1 Bright yellow underparts and forehead.
Black throat and chin.
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 5
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 5
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 12
Indigo Bunting 3
Common Grackle 8
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 12
