Seventeen birders showed up for today's bird walk sponsored by the Reston
Association, the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia, and The Bird Feeder.
The highlight was a couple of mixed flocks of feeding warblers, totally eight
different warbler species. The complete list for the walk included 34 species:
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (a group of about six, including at least one young being
fed by an adult)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Chestnut-sided Warbler (2-3)
Magnolia Warbler (1)
Blackburnian Warbler (1)
Palm Warbler (1)
Black-and-White Warbler (1)
American Redstart (2-3)
Wilson's Warbler (1)
Canada Warbler (1)
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Bill Brown
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