Twelve birders were on hand in the Riverbend meadow for a good warbler wave
which started shortly after 7:00 this Sunday morning. At least 11 species of
warblers were present including: Tennessee, Nashville, No. Parula,
Chestnut-sided, Magnolia (10 or more), Black-throated Blue, Black-throated
Green,
Blackburnian, Black and White, and Common Yellowthroat. The foraging activity
stretched out until about 9 AM.
Also seen were Y-B Cuckoo, Chimney Swift, R-T Hummingbird, Northern Flicker,
Eastern Wood-Pewee, R-E Vireo, Blue Jay, House Wren, B-G Gnatcatcher, Gray
Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Am.Robin, Eastern Bluebird, Cedar Waxwing,
Scarlet
Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, American Goldfinch, as well as the
resident woodpeckers and woodland birds.
Ralph Wall
Great Falls, VA
