With a visiting friend, gave my local patch a good working over today,
despite intermittent rain. For the kind of area it is -- suburban Northern
Virginia, on boundary of Annandale & Fairfax City, without major parks -- we
did rather well, with 53 species. Highlights were: a flight of a dozen Common
Loons, presumably having spent the night on Lake Accotink; Pied-billed Grebe;
a Broad-winged Hawk perched in our trees, rather than our usual overflying
birds; Eastern Kingbird; Northern Rough-winged and Tree Swallows; Gray
Catbird; White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireo; and Black and White Warbler.
Nevertheless some notable 'misses' - Turkey Vulture; Red-shouldered Hawk;
Hairy Woodpecker; Brown Thrasher; and Chipping Sparrow.
The complete list of species seen:
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Broad-winged Hawk
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove - the only one this year, thank goodness!
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Gray Catbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Eastern Bluebird
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Black-and-white Warbler
European Starling
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Stephen Eccles
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