A total of 8 people participated in this morning's Northern Virginia Bird Club
walk at Sky Meadows State Park in Fauquier County. The Park's Red-headed
Woodpeckers were cooperative as usual, giving everyone great views. Numerous
meadowlarks, bluebirds, and Indigo Buntings added color. The American Kestrels
are occupying the nest box near the Park office & a pair of Common Ravens put
in an appearance. Migrants, however, were hard to come by -- Common
Yellowthroat & Yellow-rumps were our only warblers. Oddly, we did not hear or
see a single Carolina Wren. (Due to wet conditions and time constraints, we
did not go over to the east side of the park, where the shrikes are sometimes
seen.)
The complete list is attached below.
Robert Klarquist
Arlington, VA
clarquis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Location: Sky Meadows State Park
Observation date: 5/17/08
Notes: 8 Participants -- Leader: R. Klarquist. Sunny & clear, breezy. Warming
up from 55 degrees at start.
Number of species: 47
Canada Goose 4
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 7
Chimney Swift 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 6
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 8
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Eastern Bluebird 18
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 6
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 12
Field Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Eastern Meadowlark 10
Common Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
