Starting at about dawn, I walked the loop from the parking lot to Bayview,
Charlie, Delta, Deephole Point, Easy, and Bayview Roads back to the lot.
Highlights were a seven (7) woodpecker day, the first I've had in Va. Rusty
Blackbirds, and a blizzard of Yellow-rumped Warblers. The most productive area
was the middle third of Deep Hole Point (I was here from about 8-9). Boots were
needed, as the tide was really high, and the river was overflowing the road in
two places. Highlights here were a flock of 36+ Rusty Blackbirds, 50+++
(probably many more) Yellow-rumped Warblers, Red-headed Woodpecker (2), and
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (imm.). At one point, every where you looked there
were several Yellow-rumps in nearly every bush or tree, especially popular were
Poison Ivy and Va. Creeper berries. At various points along Delta and Deephole
Point Roads, 12+ E. Phoebes and 13+ Palm Warblers (2 western). All-in-all, a
really nice morning. Complete list follows.
Scott Priebe
Springfield, VA
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
