And what a lovely surprise it was to bump into Jay and Carol in the meadow!
We had some good birding for an hour or so, and after we parted ways, I
picked up a Pine Warbler and a Yellow Warbler (as well as a couple of
unidentified migrating passerines). Get 'em while the gettin's good!
--Bryan Peters
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Walter Hadlock
<jaybirdncarol@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
Greetings all,
With all the reports about migrants on the move, we paid a visit to
Riverbend Park's meadow this morning. We got there at 7:30 and the fog
didn't lift until shortly after 8. But when it did, the birds were very
active. Brian Peters joined us for the latter part of our visit.
Here's our list;
Canada Goose--flyover
Double-crested Cormorant--flyover
Turkey Vulture--2
Chimney Swift--several
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe--quite a few
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler--Eastern and Western
Black and White Warbler--Brian saw one along the river trail before
joining us
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch
Jay and Carol Hadlock
Herndon, VA
