I only had a few hours to bird this morning, but had a fun 2.5 hours at
Leesylvania. There were quite a few birds around, with 18 species of warbler,
4 vireos, an insane number of orchard orioles, blue grosbeak, pewee, and other
migrants (list below). I also visited Huntley Meadows this afternoon with my
family, and saw a bank swallow mixed in with the large swift-swallow flock over
the marsh.
Here is the list for Leesylvania, with counts for a few - 6-8:30am
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
canada goose
mallard
black vulture
osprey
ring-billed gull
great black-backed gull
herring gull
Bonaparte's gull - 2
laughing gull - 12
mourning dove
chimney swift - 5
belted kingfisher - 1
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker - 2
northern flicker
pileated woodpecker
eastern wood pewee - 1
acadian flycatcher - 3
eastern phoebe - 1
great crested flycatcher - 6
eastern kingbird - 1
purple martin
tree swallow
barn swallow
cedar waxwing - 2
carolina wren
house wren - 1
gray catbird
northern mockingbird
eastern bluebird
Swainson's thrush - 2
wood thrush - 4
American robin
blue-gray gnatcatcher
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
blue jay
American crow
eu. starling
white-eyed vireo - 1
yellow-throated vireo - 3
warbling vireo - 1
red-eyed vireo - 8
Nashville warbler - 1
northern parula - 3
yellow warbler - 2
chestnut-sided warbler - 1
magnolia warbler - 1
black-throated blue warbler - 6
yellow-rumped warbler - 20
black-throated green warbler - 3
blackburnian warbler - 1
yellow-throated warbler - 4
palm warbler - 1
blackpoll warbler - 2
black-and-white warbler - 2
American redstart - 1
prothonotary warbler - 4
ovenbird - 3
Louisiana waterthrush - 1
common yellowthroat - 1
scarlet tanager - 5
eastsern towhee - 1
chipping sparrow - 3
song sparrow - 2
white-throated sparrow - 5
northern cardinal
blue grosbeak - 2
indigo bunting - 2
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird
Baltimore oriole - 3
orchard oriole - 15
house finch
American goldfinch
house sparrow
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
