A total of 7 birders enjoyed a beautiful, sunny morning on today's Northern Va.
Bird Club's field trip to Leesylvania St. Pk. in Pr. Wm. County.
Yellow-throated Warblers provided the highlight of the trip, including one
particular individual who gave everybody walk-away views from about 15 feet
away at eye level in a still-leafless tree. Other warblers were N. Parula,
Palm. Yellow-rumped, & Blk & White. The complete list of 46 species is
attached
Leps: Falcate Orangetip (5- all females); Zebra & Tiger Swt., Spring Azures, &
Juvenal's Duskywing.
Bob Klarquist
Arlington, VA
Location: Leesylvania State Park
Observation date: 4/17/09
Notes: 7 Participants. Leader: R. Klarquist. Clear & sunny morning, with temps
warming up from 50 degees at start. Lt. breeze. Great views of Y-throated
Warblers. Trees just beginning to leaf out. At least 5 Osprey nests at or near
park. Searched at boardwalk area for Prothonotary, w/o any luck.
Number of species: 46
Canada Goose 5
Mallard 6
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 5
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 12
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Caspian Tern 4
Forster's Tern 3
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 9
Tree Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 10
Northern Parula 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Yellow-throated Warbler 7
Palm Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 30
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 12
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Robert Klarquist
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