[va-bird] E. Prince William chucks and whips and other birds

Early this morning I stopped along Joplin Rd. in Prince William Co. at the 
American Legion lodge a couple of miles beyond Prince William Forest Park.  I 
was greeted by a calling chuck-wills-widow and two whip-poor-wills as I exited 
my car.  I then followed my usual spring route of Possum Pt. and Cockpit Pt. 
Rds in Dumfries and Leesylvania State Park.  Not many migrants around.  I did 
wind up with 14 warbler species, but most were local breeders (see list below). 
 Other notables were both orioles (Leesylvania was full of orchard's), both 
tanagers (Cockpit Pt. Rd.), great creasted flycatcher (Leesylvania), blue 
grosbeak (Cockpit Pt.), indigo bunting (Cockpit Pt. and Leesylvania), winter 
wren (Cockpit Pt.), turkey (Cockpit Pt.).  There were also hundreds of cedar 
waxwings at Leesylvania.  

For those interested, here is a list of what I saw (5:30am to 10:00am).
Canada goose
mallard
osprey
bald eagle
wild turkey

killdeer
greater yellowlegs
lesser yellowlegs
solitary sandpiper
ring-billed gull

mourning dove
chuck-will's widow
whip-poor-will
chimney swift
r.t. hummingbird

belted kingfisher
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
northern flicker

pileated woodpecker
eastern phoebe
great-crested flycatcher
purple martin
tree swallow

barn swallow
ruby-crowned kinglet
cedar waxwing
carolina wren
winter wren

house wren
gray catbird
northern mockingbird
brown thrasher
eastern bluebird

wood thrush
american robin
blue-gray gnatcatcher
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse

white-breasted nuthatch
blue jay
american crow
fish crow
european starling

white-eyed vireo
blue-headed vireo
red-eyed vireo
northern parula
yellow warbler

yellow-rumped warbler
yellow-throated warbler
prairie warbler
palm warbler
black-and-white warbler

prothonotary warbler
worm-eating warbler
ovenbird
Louisiana waterthrush
common yellowthroat

hooded warbler
yellow-breasted chat
scarlet tanager
summer tanager
eastern towhee

chipping sparrow
field sparrow
song sparrow
white-throated sparrow
northern cardinal

blue grosbeak
indigo bunting
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird

baltimore oriole
orchard oriole
house finch
american goldfinch
house sparrow

Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA

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