VA BIRDers,
Marc Ribaudo and I birded Leesylvania SP this morning from about 0630 to
1000. We started at the Lee ruins and worked our way south along the road,
then back to the cars, then the car top boat launch area and finally the
area with the beaver ponds. Diversity was present but numbers were muted.
Top observation went to Philadelphia Vireo. Below is the list of notables.
Kurt Gaskill
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 2, adult
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1, migrating along the river
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10, maybe more but I tend to be conservative. Seen
most places
E. Screech Owl 2, on the Lee ruins hillside, one was hidden in vine covered
trees
C. Swift 50
Ruby-thr Hummer 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 5, a group
Yellow-throated V 1
Philadelphia V 1
Red-eyed V 18
Tree Sw 1
No. Rough-winged Sw 25
Barn Sw 6
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
E. Bluebird 4
Am. Robin 100
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 6, incl one steaky juvie
Blue-winged 1
Nashville 2
No. Parula 4
Yellow 1
Chestnut-sided 2
Magnolia 9
Black-thr Blue 1
Blackburnian 1
Blackpoll 1, an early one!
Am. Redstart 2
Ovenbird 1, a bright-eyed little bird!
Com. Yellowthroat 3
Hooded 1
Canada 2
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
E. Towhee 2
Indigo Bunting 6
Orchard O 3
Baltimore O 10, probably the only bird which attempted song (except Red-eyed
V of course!)
