Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge was pretty good this morning. It was
much more quiet than I expected for early may but Scott Priebe and I kept
running into rewarding pockets of birds and ended up with 19 warbler
species. The best bird was a Tennessee warbler at the bottom of the hill
below the ruins. When first seen the bird was buried in a bush about 10
feet from us, but then it popped up onto a small tree and gave us great
looks. The bird did not sing at all, so this was nothing but pure luck.
This area also held a Cape May and prairie warblers. Other good spots were
behind the visitor's center (blue winged and chestnut-sided warblers plus
sharp-shinned hawk) and the Powell's Creek Trail. There are several areas
along the trail where there seems to be a nice hatching of caterpillars, so
warbler activity was pretty high. Seen along the trail were Cape May,
black-throated green, black-throated blue, blue-winged, parula, worm-eating,
black-and-white, prothonotary, ovenbird, and Louisiana waterthrush. Also
noteworthy were the 60 Bonaparte's gulls off the picnic area early (6:30am),
the good numbers of Baltimore orioles and great-crested flycatchers, FOY
acadian flycatchers, a singing purple finch, and a yellow-breasted chat at
the Confederate battery.
Leesylvania State Park - CPW04, Prince William, US-VA
May 3, 2015 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6
83 species
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Bonaparte's Gull 60
Laughing Gull 12
Ring-billed Gull 10
Caspian Tern 1
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Blue Jay 50
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 4
Ovenbird 1
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Prothonotary Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 1 Bird in bush low to ground, gave great looks. Gray
head, green back, white eye line, white underparts, including undertail
coverts. Sharp pointed bill. Did not sing.
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Cape May Warbler 4
Northern Parula 12
Yellow Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Yellow-throated Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 5
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 8
Northern Cardinal 14
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Orchard Oriole 7
Baltimore Oriole 8
House Finch 6
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 10
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