We did the Northwest Quadrant of the Manassas Battlefield as our sector of
the Manassas CBC yesterday, 12/26/09. This sector is west of RT 234, north
of RT 29 and east of Pageland Rd. Although we had rain and fog and high
water everywhere, we had a good day with 42 species which is consistent
with our previous counts for this area.
Best bird of the day was a Merlin along with 7 sparrow species. Highest
count was of European Starlings although we had good numbers of American
Robins, Dark-eyed Juncos, Song Sparrows and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Following is our list:
Canada Goose 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 1
Mourning Dove 9
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 13
Blue Jay 48
American Crow 32
Crow sp. 13
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 16
White-breasted Nuthatch 9
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 12
Eastern Bluebird 40
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 126
Northern Mockingbird 9
Cedar Waxwing 51
European Starling 585
Yellow-rumped Warbler 53
Northern Cardinal 22
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 24
Savannah Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 71
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 37
Dark-eyed Junco 143
Eastern Meadowlark 2
American Goldfinch 1
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
Glenn Koppel
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
