[va-bird] Fort C. F. Smith Park, Arlington, Saturday, May 20

VA Birders,

    The 14 NVBC members who took part in our walk at Fort C. F. Smith Park in 
Arlington Co. on Saturday found 48 species of birds, and I found 3 more after 
the walk, for a total of 51 species.  When I arrived at the parking lot a few 
minutes before our 8:00 am starting time, co-leader Jane Grawe quickly came 
over to my car and told me a sandpiper was perched on the split-rail fence at 
the back of the parking lot!  The bird was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER--a first for 
the park.  Other highlights were:  a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, a singing VEERY 
(which I had seen on Friday), a SWAINSON'S THRUSH, at least 12 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 
YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACKPOLL, and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 3 INDIGO 
BUNTINGS, and a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES.  After most of the group had left, 
Mike Duffy and I found a female BLUE GROSBEAK near the rock garden.  After Mike 
left, an adult BALD EAGLE and an OSPREY circled overhead, and a MAGNOLIA 
WARBLER came and bathed in the Bird Stream. 

Good birding,
Val Kitchens
Arlington, VA
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