FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Fort CF Smith Park - 3/2/06

[jay <azure.jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VA-Birders,

This afternoon I visited Fort CF Smith Park in Arlington and had a fairly 
surprising species list when I was finished.  Highlights include a very nice 
FOX SPARROW where Val Kitchens reported it on 2/18 - this bird is very 
interesting in appearance, with a more prominent white eyering than usual and a 
lack of rust color on the auriculars, giving it a very grey-headed look.  In 
this area was a vocal WINTER WREN and a HERMIT THRUSH that dutifully pished.  
Also present were: BROWN CREEPER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, YELLOW-RUMPED 
WARBLERS, and a handsome PURPLE FINCH near the vicinity of the feeders.

There are definately things happening out there, so get out and bird!  
Yesterday I had a surprising COMMON YELLOWTHROAT singing in Columbia, MD - 
obviously very early and possibly a result of the mild winter we have had.  The 
Fort Smith list is below.

Jay Keller,
Arlington


Red-shouldered Hawk 1 
Ring-billed Gull 2 
Rock Pigeon 3 
Mourning Dove 5 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 
Downy Woodpecker 2 
Hairy Woodpecker 2 
Northern Flicker 1 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
Blue Jay 1 
Carolina Chickadee 6 
Tufted Titmouse 2 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 
Brown Creeper 1 
Carolina Wren 3 
Winter Wren 1 
Hermit Thrush 1 
American Robin 12 
European Starling 15 
Cedar Waxwing 12 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 
Fox Sparrow 1 
Song Sparrow 6 
White-throated Sparrow 18 
Dark-eyed Junco 35 
Northern Cardinal 7 
Purple Finch 1 
House Finch 12 
House Sparrow 10 





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