[va-bird] Re: Leesylvania & Lorton

Ben Jesup, Jason Wanders, Paula Sullivan, Phil (sorry I forgot your last 
name!) and I were also at Leeslyvania on Saturday.

In addition to the Yellowthroateds that were reported, we had a Meadowlark in 
the top of a tree!,  Chipping Sparrows, a pair of Brown Creepers, a Caspian 
Tern, and all the other resident birds.

Along the river on the road to the park we had a flock of Rusty Blackbirds 
and a Winter Wren.

The highlight was probably hearing the song of a White-Eyed Vireo.  We were 
all very surprised and pleased to hear this song again, but unfortunately, it 
was coming from a Mockingbird!!  Although, hearing it from a Mocker might 
have been a bigger thrill than hearing it from a real White-Eyed, lets face 
it, a White-Eyed song coming from a White-Eyed is nice, but expected, this 
bird caught us all by surprise.

I thought this was interesting since it's probably been 7 months or so since 
he's heard the song of a White-Eyed Vireo.  


Earlier in the day, Ben Jesup and I birded Hooes Road in Lorton from 5 am to 
6:30.
We had:
1 Woodcock, probably 2
2 Brown Thrashers, probably 3
Field Sparrows
Towhees
And the rest of the typical birds.

All of the birds above birds were heard singing in the dark.

Bart Hutchinson
Alexandria, VA

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