A beautiful day greeted 11 birders at the Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management
Area for the monthly last-Sunday bird walk sponsored by the Prince William
Conservation Alliance. Noteworthy birds included a Cape May Warbler; an
enormous flock of noisy Blue Jays; and our first of season Red Breasted Nut
hatch.
Canada Goose 8
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Barred Owl 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 10
falcon sp. 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 4
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 100
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 5
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 16
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 23
Cedar Waxwing 42
American Goldfinch 4
Field Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 1
The Prince William Conservation Alliance birdwalks at the Merrimac Farm
Wildlife Management Area in Nokesville take place at 8 AM on the final Sunday
of every month. Birders meet at the Area's entrance located at the stonehouse
at the end of Deepwood Drive. Questions may be directed to the Alliance at
703.499.4954, or alliance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Harry GlasgowNancy Vehr
