Four birders joined Bob Klarquist and me at Leesylvania State Park. It was
a beautiful morning for a walk but very quiet birding. There were large
numbers of Laughing Gulls and multiple flocks of grackles in the park, but
we were unable to find much variety and moved on to Julie Metz Wetlands
after a couple of hours. The Wetlands were a bit livelier and produced the
most interesting observation of the morning: a least flycatcher. The
complete list follows.
Location: Leesylvania State Park - CPW04
Observation date: 10/9/09
Notes: NVBC walk led by Bob Klarquist and Steve Williams. Very windy
and cool at 8:00am.
Number of species: 35
Canada Goose 100
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 6
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 8
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 1000
Ring-billed Gull 100
Forster's Tern 2
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 12
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 40
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 7
Eastern Bluebird 15
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 25
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Northern Cardinal 6
Common Grackle 600
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 10
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Steve Williams
Alexandria, Va
