[va-bird] Fairfax County Bird Count--Sunrise Valley Park and Runnymede Park
From: "jay hadlock" <jaybirdncarol@xxxxxxx>
To: "va-bird" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 19:29:30 -0400
Greetings all,
We checked Sunrise Valley Park in Reston and Runnymede Park here in Herndon as
part of the Fairfax County Bird Count.
Miles Driven: 4 (one mile roundtrip to Sunrise Valley and three miles
roundtrip to Runnymede park
Miles walking: 2.5 (half-a-mile at Sunrise Valley and two miles at Runnymede
Park)
Sunrise Valley Park--Species seen:
Canada Goose--7 Adults and one gosling
Mallards--2
Red-shouldered Hawk--1
Killdeer--1 Adult/1 chick
Solitary Sandpiper--1
Rock Dove--8
Mourning Dove--1
Eastern Phoebe--2 (appear to be nesting under the boardwalk)
American Crow--1
Tree Swallow--1
Northern Rough-winged--1
Carolina Chickadee--1
Carolina Wren--2
Wood Thrush--1
American Robin--6
Gray Catbird--2
Brown Thrasher--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler--1
Eastern Towhee--2
Song Sparrow--12
Northern Cardinal--2
Red-winged Blackbird--25 (evidence of nesting)
House Finch--4
House Sparrow--6
Runnymede Park in the Town of Herndon--Species seen:
Red-shouldered Hawk--1 (the nest appeared unoccupied)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo--1
Red-bellied Woodpecker--2
Downy Woodpecker--3
Pilieated Woodpecker--2
Great Crested Flycatcher--4
White-eyed Vireo--1
Red-eyed Vireo--2
Blue Jay--2
American Crow--5
Fish Crow--1
Carolina Chickadee--6
Tufted Titmouse--4
Carolina Wren--11
House Wren--3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--8
Eastern Bluebird--1 (seen in the vicinity of one of the park's Bluebird boxes)
Wood Thrush--1
American Robin--7
Gray Catbird--4
Blue-winged Warbler--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler--5
Common Yellowthroat--4
Eastern Towhee--5
Northern Cardinal--15
Red-winged Blackbird--5
Common Grackle--7
American Goldfinch--19
House Sparrow--3
Good birding to all,
Jay and Carol Hadlock
Herndon, VA
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