Three members of the No. Va. bird club showed up this morning (10/10) for a
beautiful morning of birding at Leesylvania SP. Unfortunately the birding
was a little slow, but the great weather made up for it. Highlights were
Bald Eagle, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, both Kinglets, Nashville Warblers,
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, and
Baltimore Oriole. Sparrows were strangely absent, as were Goldfinches.
There were a lot of gulls on the river, but mostly far out in the heat haze.
No Terns were observed.
Complete list follows.
50 Canada Geese
2 Double-breasted Cormorants
12 Great Blue Heron
8 Great Egrets
2 Turkey Vultures
4 Bald Eagles
1 Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull - no count
Laughing Gull - no count
3 Mourning Doves
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2 Belted Kingfishers
9 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
5 Downy Woodpeckers
1 Hairy Woodpecker
10 No. Flickers
1 Eastern Phoebe
15 Blue Jays
15 American Crows
18 Carolina Chickadees
3 Tufted Titmouse
8 White-breasted Nuthatch
10 Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6 Eastern Bluebirds
1 Catharus thrush species (got away from us before it could be IDed -
probably a Swainson's)
1 American Robin
200 European Starlings
2 Nashville Warblers
20 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 Bay-poll (also got away)
6 No. Cardinals
2 Baltimore Orioles
Joanna B. Taylor
Arlington, VA
