It's very interesting for me to read the species list w/ numbers. I had a very
similar mix of birds on my walk on Sunday. I birded pretty much the entire
Bridle Trail from dawn to 2:30pm. Species that I saw/heard in addition to the
NVBC are below and were seen well down the trail in the woods. The bird club
doesn't usually make it that far.
G.c. Kinglet, 14
Magnolia Warbler, 1
Blackpoll Warbler, 1
Good birding to you all,
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Kurt Gaskill <KurtCapt87@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Kurt Gaskill <KurtCapt87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Va-bird] Lincoln Sparrows, Sky Meadows, Oct 12, 08
To: "'va-bird'" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 9:20 PM
VA BIRDers,
Highlight of the Northern Virginia Bird Club Field Trip to
Sky Meadows were
likely the Lincoln's Sparrows. At least one was well
seen by all
participants for several minutes. A real treat. Two
others were
encountered later on the trip, which traversed the Bridle
Trail and nearby
locations. Other good sightings were Yellow-bellied
Sapsuckers, Eastern
Phoebes, Blue-headed Vireo, Common Ravens, House Wrens,
Winter Wrens, Hermit
Thrush, Gray Catbird, many Cedar Waxwings, Black-throated
Green Warblers,
Palm Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Grasshopper Sparrow,
several
White-crowned Sparrows (10 sparrows species were seen by
nearly everyone),
and Indigo Bunting. The blue Blue Sky made it very tough
to find hawks.
The list is below. I believe the NVBC plans another trip
to this location
next Saturday.
Kurt Gaskill
C. Goose 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 17
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 12
YB Cuckoo 1, some controversy on this one
Red-headed WP 5
Red-bellied WP 10
YB Sapsucker 6
Downy WP 6
Hairy WP 1
No. Flicker 6
PIleated WP 2
E. Phoebe 12
Blue-headed V 1
Blue Jay 20
Am. Crow 12
Com. Raven 2
C. Chickadee 6
T. Titmouse 6
White-br Nuthatch 2
C. Wren 7
H. Wren 2
W. Wren 2
RC Kinglet 5
E. Bluebird 20
Hermit Thrush 4
Am. Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
No. Mocker 15
E. Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 75
Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
E. Towhee 12
Chipping Sp 3
Field Sp 20
Savannah Sp 12
Grasshopper Sp 1
Song Sp 125 (OK, maybe this is a bit large, perhaps 80?
Sparrow numbers are
not yet big)
Lincoln's Sp 3
Swamp Sp 16
White-thr Sp 24
White-crn Sp 5
No. Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged BB 12
E. Meadowlark 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 1; wish we could have seen this calling bird..
House Finch 4
Am. Goldfinch 10
House Sp 6
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