Everyone who enjoys birds,
This morning from 9-12 am I saw 36 species of birds in Difficult Run
Stream Valley Park; the highlights were two LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and one
WILSON'S SNIPE. I got two not very good pics of one of the Lincoln's
seen here ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/32293993@N04/4043595713/ ),
both sparrows were in separate areas one being by its self and the
second being in a large flock. The WILSON'S SNIPE was seen flying
over the main wide open flood plain in this park and it showed its
white belly and sandpiper shape quite nicely. Also of interest was my
FOS (first of season) Field Sparrow and many Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Complete list attached.
Hope you got outside today,
Nicholas Newberry
Oakton, Fairfax County
Location: Devenish Drive
Observation date: 10/25/09
Number of species: 36
Canada Goose 20
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Wilson's Snipe 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 25
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 4
Winter Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 15
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 13
Northern Cardinal 13
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
