Took the day off, well most of it, and decided to bird the power line cut
running along the west side of South Run Rec Center Park to South Run Valley
Stream Park.
Very birdy before 9 AM with several new arrivals.
Highlights - Lincoln Sparrow and Swamp Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglets (10) and
a Golden-crowned Kinglet; twelve species of warblers including a late
(according to eBird) Yellow Warbler. I was only able to ID about half the
warblers seen, many were in the tree tops. Oddly, at least two Pine Warblers
were singing, and I saw two.
Scott D. Priebe
Springfield, VA
Species: 48
Canada Goose 23
Mourning Dove 3
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
House Wren 5
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Goldfinch 35
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 8
Magnolia Warbler 9
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2 (maybe 3)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 8
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 11
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
