I had a nice introduction to Virginia birding today. Spent approximately 3.5
hours birding/hiking Prince WIlliam Forest Park. 13 Species of Warbler.
Some highlights - Louisiana Waterthrush, 3 Hooded Warblers, 1 Canada Warbler
singing on the entrance road, both Tanagers.
Location: Prince William Forest Park - CPW05
Observation date: 5/18/10
Number of species: 29
Turkey Vulture 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Acadian Flycatcher 5
Empidonax sp. 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 7
Brown Thrasher 3
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Ovenbird 5
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Hooded Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 3
"We need wilderness because we are wild animals. Every man needs a place
where he can go to go crazy in peace. Every Boy Scout deserves a forest to
get lost, miserable, and starving in. Even the maddest murderer of the
sweetest wife should get a chance for a run to the sanctuary of the hills.
If only for the sport of it. For the terror, freedom, and delirium. Because
we need brutality and raw adventure, because men and women first learned to
love in, under, and all around trees, because we need for every pair of feet
and legs about ten leagues of naked nature, crags to leap from, mountains to
measure by, deserts to finally die in when the heart fails." ~ Edward Abbey
Chase Schiefer
Bachmans' Ivory
Fredericksburg, VA
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