Highlights from Manassas Battlefield Nat'l Park, NY Monuments area, and Bull
Run river near Clifton - these are both Prince William County.
MBNP / NY Monuments early morning 28 Aug:
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, 5 Woodpecker spp
Vireos: Red-Eyed and White-Eyed
Warblers: Magnolia, Redstart, Chestnut-Sided (at least 2, possibly 4+)
I rescinded my eBird report (from yesterday) of a R-C Kinglet here. The bird
was too far away from me, and my looks at it were too brief, to claim such an
exceptionally early sighting. That is to say, never mind that Kinglet I was
going on about, yesterday.
Interesting note: We had 3 warbler spp at NY Monuments on two consecutive
mornings (yesterday and today), with zero overlap. Today's 3 are all different
from yesterday's. I infer that most of these warblers are just dropping by at
this location for a few hours or a day, no longer. At least it appears that
way this week, this year, at this location.
Bull Run (via kayak, at Bull Run Marina), 5-7PM 28 Aug
Wood Ducks
Green Heron - 3, probable family
Bald Eagle adult
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo - 3; a pair together, another one elsewhere
And at both locations, we had single Common Nighthawks, our FOS.
Non-avian: a slap-happy beaver in Bull Run.
Steve Johnson and Lynn Rafferty
Fairfax, Virginia
