Greetings all,
Listed below are the species, and their numbers, found in Sector One,
the Manassas-Bull Run CBC. The morning portion of the count was
conducted under less than favorable conditions on Dec. 16th. The
weather improved around noon.
Great Blue Heron 5
Canada Goose 785
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 47
Hooded Merganser 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 36
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Acipiter-sp 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Ring-billed Gull 12
Rock Dove 106
Mourning Dove 84
Great Horned Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 26
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 22
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 15
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 172
American Crow 135
Fish Crow 11
Crow-sp 130
Carolina Chickadee 138
TuftedTitmouse 108
White Breasted Nuthatch 38
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 22
House Wren (H) 1
Winter Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 18
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 398
Northern Mockingbird 24
Cedar Waxwing 270
European Starling 784
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 128
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 66
White-crowned Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 325
Purple Finch 5
House Finch 25
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 92
House Sparrow 24
Sector counters saw a total of 48 species, heard one, and, if my math
is correct, counted 4119 birds.
Good birding to all,
Carol and Jay Hadlock, sector leaders
Herndon, VA
The sector is in Fairfax County
