The Northern Virginia Bird Club visited Leesylvania State Park this morning
and had great morning with 70 species, inlcuding pre-start time sightings.
Highlights were 2 yellow-bellied flycatchers, least flycatcher,
rose-breasted grosbeak (5), red-headed woodpecker, Swainson's thrush, veery,
summer tanager, and 14 species of warbler. We ran into some nice flocks,
espcially on the hill above the ruins and on the boardwalk. The list is
below. Some additional birds seen by members of the party before the trip
started include acadian flycatcher, bay-breasted warbler, and Nashville
warbler.
Location: Leesylvania State Park
Observation date: 9/11/10
Number of species: 70
Canada Goose 50
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 2
Laughing Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull 1
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 10
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 18
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2
Traill's Flycatcher 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Carolina Wren 7
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 6
Veery 2
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 4
Tennessee Warbler 6
Northern Parula 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
American Redstart 6
Common Yellowthroat 12
Canada Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 20
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 3
Common Grackle 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
