Further up the Difficult Run watershed at the border of Oak Marr Park and Flint
Hill School campus in Oakton it was also a good morning for migrants in the
brief 30 minutes I was out there. OakMarr adjoins Difficult Run Stream Valley
Park.
Highlights were 2 rose-breasted grosbeaks, a chestnut-sided warbler, 2
magnolias, 3 pines, 6 yellowthroats, and a scarlet tanager.
All the best
Fred Atwood
Flint Hill School, Oakton
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From: Nick Newberry <nickenew1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 11:51 AM
Subject: [Va-bird] Blackpoll Warbler +8 other warbs. Difficult Run SVP, Fairfax
All,
It was a beautiful and very productive morning, especially on the warbler
front. Highlights of the morning were a very early (county early date?)
immature BLACKPOLL WARBLER, a WORM-EATING WARBLER (was about 50' in some
sycamores, not where I would expect this species), a possible Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher which didn't pose well enough for a solid ID, a CANADA WARBLER, and
just generally the 9 species of warbler. The annotated list from my outing
this morning is below:
Enjoy all the migrants,
Nick Newberry
Oakton, Fairfax
Difficult Run Stream Valley Park, Fairfax, US-VA
Aug 29, 2012 6:55 AM - 9:28 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.2 mile(s)
Comments: Through floodplain area and along stream. Took clippers this time
and cleared some mile-a-minute and blackberry out my little informal trail.
Monarch: 1
Eastern Tiger Swallow-tail: 4
40 species (+3 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 4 One FO group of 12 the other of 2. All
were heading the same direction.
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 3
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 5
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 5
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 1 Calling like a LEFL. Seemed to
have recently fledged.
Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.) 2 One was potentially Yellow-bellied and the
other was either Acadian or Traills.
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 3
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 1 Calling the whole time I was in the
floodplain area.
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 14 All but three appeared to be migrating.
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) 2
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) 3
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 6
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 7
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 9
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 3
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 2 FOs.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 6
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 8
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 1 In the low canopy,
surprising for this species.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 Both female/immature type
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 4
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 3 All yellowstarts
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 2
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) 1 Flitting around near stream. Had
all characteristics of a young Blackpoll. Had clean white under tails and was
not as buff overall as a Bay-breasted. A bit on the early side I guess.
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1 HO.
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 23 Many birds seemed to be
either molting tail or body/head feathers.
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 1 Heard singing later on in walk, at
first was silent and close to ground.
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 5
oriole sp. (Icterus sp.) 1 Bird was either a female or young male bird.
Very red overall which is why I'm not positive it was a Baltimore and not an
Orchard Oriole.
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 8
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