The Northern Virginia Bird Cul held a walk at Riverbend Park on August 20. It
was overcast, very humid, and rather quiet, with very few migrants found. Best
bird was an alder flycatcher, which was heard by only a few people in the
meadow.
Here is the list:
double crested cormorant - 5
great blue heron - 3
green heron - 3
canada goose - 12
wood duck - 1
mallard - 20
osprey - 2
bald eagle - 1a
spotted sandpiper - 1
Forster's tern - 1
yellow-billed cuckoo - 7
chimney swift - 20
ruby-throated hummingbird - 3
belted kingfisher - 1
red-bellied woodpecker - 8
downy woodpecker - 2
northern flicker - 2
pileated woodpecker - 5
easter wood pewee - 7
alder flycatcher - 1
Traill's-type flycatcher - 2
eastern phoebe - 1
great crested flycatcher - 2
tree swallow - 3
northern rough-winged swallow - 5
barn swallow - 6
cedar waxwing - 8
carolina wren - 12
gray catbird - 1
northern mockingbird - 1
eastern bluebird - 5
American robin - 6
blue-gray gnatcatcher - 1
carolina chickadee - 8
tufted titmouse - 4
white-breasted nuthatch - 6
blue jay - 4
American crow - 10
yellow-throated vireo - 1
warbling vireo - 1
red-eyed vireo - 3
american redstart - 1
eastern towhee - 1
northern cardinal - 12
indigo bunting - 3
common grackle - 8
Baltimore oriole - 1
house finch - 2
American goldfinch - 6
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
