Sorry for the late rpt.
On Sat., May 11 Bruce Hill of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and Edna Arron
of the No. VA Bird Club led a joint field trip for the two groups - it was part
of the Migratory Bird Count in Loudoun County.
It is too bad the Prothonotary was in MD as it was the only one observed by any
of the 12 groups counting in Lo Co that day.
The following rpt. was prepared by Bruce Hill:
May 11th, 2002. Horsepen Run Preserve - International Migratory Bird Day Count
3 Double Crested Cormorant
2 Turkey Vulture
2 Canada Goose
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
3 Rock Dove
12 Mourning Dove
4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (voice only)
1 Barred Owl
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher (voice only)
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
8 Acadian Flycatcher
1 Empidonax sp. (Alder, I think, someone else thought Willow. Heard only)
1 Eastern Phoebe
6 Great Crested Flycatcher
3 Eastern Flycatcher
2 White-eyed Vireo (voice only)
10 Red-eyed Vireo
6 Blue Jay
4 American Crow
6 Fish Crow
12 Tree Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
15 Carolina Chickadee
10 Tufted Titmouse
5 White-breasted Nuthatch
11 Carolina Wren
4 House Wren
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Eastern Bluebird
1 Swainson's Thrush
8 Wood Thrush
25 American Robin
15 Gray Catbird
2 Northern Mockingbird
50 European Starling
45 Cedar Waxwing
1 Nashville Warbler
6 Northern Parula
3 Yellow Warbler
2 Magnolia Warbler
2 Black-throated Blue Warbler
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
4 Blackpoll Warbler
3 American Redstart
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Kentucky Warbler (voice only, but very well heard for several minutes, and
with C. Wrens for comparison)
18 Common Yellowthroat
3 Yellow-breasted Chat
2 Eastern Towhee
1 Chipping Sparrow
8 Field Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 White-crowned sparrow (adult)
24 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
6 Indigo Bunting
6 Red-winged Blackbird
47 Common Grackle
15 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Orchard Oriole
20 House Finch
25 American Goldfinch
69 Species total.
Also heard Scarlet Tanager and Prothonotary Warbler, but on MD island across
the river from Horsepen (?) so did not count(?)
Statistics:
Start: 0800
Stop: 1100
9 Observers 3.0 Party Hours (all foot)
Complied by:
Bruce Hill
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