I led a group of Prince William Master Naturalist students around Silver Lake
Park in Haymarket this morning. It was a gray morning, but we were still
successful in finding some interesting birds. We tallied 42 species as we
found several pockets of avian activity in different areas of the park. We saw
six warbler species including Prairie, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Common
Yellowthroat. Black and White and American Redstart. A White-eyed Vireo put on
a good show as it danced around the bare branches of a small tree right in
front of us. We also enjoyed seeing all three mimids together near the horse
pasture as Mockingbirds, Catbirds and a Brown Thrasher actively foraged. We
also saw a Monarch butterfly, which is always encouraging.
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
Silver Lake--Prince William County Park, Prince William, US-VA
Sep 21, 2013 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
42 species
Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 3
Wild Turkey 3
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Mourning Dove 12
Chimney Swift 30
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 16
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 16
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 9
European Starling 35
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 20
Indigo Bunting 3
American Goldfinch 15
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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15220362
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