VA Birders:
This morning, the Northern Virginia Bird Club visited the Clifton Institute on
Blantyre Road in Fauquier county. Led around the property by Bert Harris, we
collectively saw and heard 59 species. We visited two locations -- the main
property around the house and the two lakes and then later in the morning went
over to the Adams pasture.
Our highlights for the morning were , a Yellow Palm Warbler, singing Brown
Thrashers and Fox Sparrow, a big push of Golden-crowned Kinglets, flyovers of
raven and recently arrived Ospreys, plenty of Eastern Phoebes and Eastern
Towhees, and a distantly singing Blue-headed Vireo. Some individuals in our
party also heard Eastern Screech-Owl and Barred Owl.
We then went over to the Adams pasture and added a flock of White-crowned
Sparrows, more Golden-crowned Kinglets, two Brown Creepers, several Eastern
Meadowlarks, a pair each of American Kestrel and Northern Harrier.
On our return drive back to the main house, we added to our list a couple of
sharp-looking Chipping Sparrows and a male Belted Kingfisher.
Later in the morning and early afternoon, David Ledwith and I went to Leopold's
Preserve near Haymarket and found the previously reported American Bittern at
the south end of the marsh buried in a small island of cat tails.
We then went over the Silver Lake Regional Park and found a male Long-tailed
Duck in the quarry lake. Perhaps it is the same individual found at this
location in February. The remarkable number of Long-tailed Ducks passing
through northern Virginia continues.
The two eBird checklists at Clifton Institute are below.
Elton MorelArlington, Virginia
Clifton Institute (Restricted Access), Fauquier, Virginia, US
Mar 30, 2019 7:15 AM - 9:33 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: NVBC walk led by Bert Harris & Elton Morel.
47 species
Canada Goose 15
Trumpeter Swan 4 Banded residents
Wood Duck 3
American Black Duck 2
Bufflehead 6
Ruddy Duck 10
Mourning Dove 8
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2 Exact count
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Heard briefly 'trilling' by Evan
Barred Owl 1 Heard
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1 Heard
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4
Eastern Phoebe 6
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Distantly heard singing by Bert
Blue Jay 3
Common Raven 1 Flyover
Tree Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2 Heard
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 6
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 4
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 7
Fox Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 15
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Common Grackle 4
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Northern Cardinal 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54377006
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
Clifton Institute--Adams Pasture (restricted access), Fauquier, Virginia, US
Mar 30, 2019 9:25 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: NVBC walk led by Bert Harris & Elton Morel.
41 species
Canada Goose 2 Flyover
Wood Duck 2 Flyover
Mourning Dove 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Heard
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Heard
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1 Heard
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1 Heard
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 3
Brown Thrasher 1 Heard
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 8
American Goldfinch 1 Heard
Field Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-crowned Sparrow 13
White-throated Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee 1
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Common Grackle 30
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54377043
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
