I birded Algonkian Park and Golf Course in Loudoun County for 3-4 hours this
morning. The area around the flag pole, across the street from the course
maintenance building was particularly active with birds including 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks; Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, and
Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Ruby-crowned kinglets. A flock of maybe 500 Common
Grackles was traveling around the park, and two adult Bald Eagles were perched
in a tree across the river from the boat ramp. Birds I observed include:
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1
Canada Goose - 35
Bald Eagle - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Hair Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 7
Blue Jay - many
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - many
Tufted Titmouse - many
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Carolina Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 20
American Robin - 4
European Starling - 60
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 6
Song Sparrow - 10
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2
Common Grackle - several hundred
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
House Sparrow - 20
Bill Brown
Herndon
