The Northern Virginia Bird Club had a field trip this morning to the Shenandoah
University River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield in Clarke County, next to
the Shenandoah River.
The park was formerly a golf course and the trails are on paved golf cart and
mowed paths. Our group finished most of an abbreviated loop on the north side
of the park before the rain came. The Great Blue Heron rookery was very active
and Warbling Vireos seemed everywhere. On our way out of the park, a few of us
stopped at the Route 7 bridge over the river to look at Cliff Swallows and
their nests. The lists of birds seen are below.
David Ledwith
Falls Church, VA
Shenandoah University River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield, Clarke,
Virginia, US
May 27, 2017 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
50 species
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 20 Conservative estimate of twenty in rookery.
Turkey Vulture 2
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Acadian Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 12
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 7
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 16
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 12
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 12
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 16
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37184130
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Castlemans Ferry Boat Ramp, Clarke, Virginia, US
May 27, 2017 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
6 species
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Cliff Swallow 12 Nests beneath bridge.
American Robin 2
European Starling 2
Common Grackle 3
House Sparrow 4
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37184154
