[va-bird] Monticello, Alexandria City Park, Spring Summary

All,
 
It looks as if it is just about time to call this year's spring  migration, 
at least at Monticello anyway. Today's birds included: Cooper's Hawk  (this 
spring's "park greeter"), Eastern-Wood Pewee, Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's  Thrush, 
Swainson's Thrush, and Chestnut-sided (f), Black-throated Blue (m),  Blackpoll 
(m&f), and Canada (f) warblers.   
 
Between March 1 and May 30, 2005, 114 species, including 28  warbler species, 
were seen at Monticello. In a park about the size of  a postage stamp, 
Monticello continues to be a great spring birding venue for  veteran and 
recreational birders alike. 
 
There are just to many birders to thank for their efforts at Monticello  this 
spring. If you participated in this year's informal survey effort, if  you 
contributed either a credible observation and/or a verified 05 spring  survey 
record, or if you helped another birder get on a bird at  Monticello, thank 
you. 
 
 
Monticello's remarkable 05 spring birds  included:
 
Great Egret
American Woodcock
Black-billed Cuckoo
Least Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Bicknell's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow, and
Purple Finch
 
Monticello's 05 spring misses included:
 
Broad-winged Hawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher*
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher*
Red-headed Woodpecker
Cape May Warbler
Cereulean Warbler, and
Kentucky Warbler*
 
*, credible, but unverified, observation  reported. 
 
Best Views:
 
An Acadian and Least Flycatcher perched together in adjacent  understory, 
both waiting to get into the stream; good looks on  consecutive days of 
Yellow-throated Vireo; stunning looks at a  Philadelphia Vireo; Tennessee 
Warbler in 
the low canopy; two Nashville  Warblers in the same glass, with a third 
Nashville vocalizing  nearby; bathing m & f Blackburnian and Bay-breasted 
Warblers;  
unobstructed views of both m & f Mourning Warbler - in and out of the  stream 
(an obvious embarrassment of riches); great views on  consecutive days of a 
Lincoln's sparrow, any life bird you happened to pick  up, and of course, Betsy 
Sue "B" Bear, birding from the bridge. 
 
Best Singer:
 
Northern Waterthrush
 
Species List:
 
Great Blue Heron*
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Mallard
Canada Goose*
Osprey*
Bald Eagle*
Sharp-shinned Hawk*
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Woodcock
Laughing Gull*
Ring-billed Gull*
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift*
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern-Wood Peewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow*
Purple Martin*
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler (m&f)
Golden-winged Warbler (m&f)
Tennessee Warbler (m&f)
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula (m&f)
Yellow Warbler (m&f)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (m&f)
Magnolia Warbler (m&f)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (m&f)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (m&f)
Black-throated Green Warbler (m&f)
Blackburnian Warbler (m&f)
Pine Warbler (m&f)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler (m&f)
Blackpoll Warbler (m&f)
Black-and-white Warbler (m&f)
American Redstart (m, f, and first year male)
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler (m&f)
Common YellowThroat (m&f)
Hooded Warbler (m&f)
Wilson's Warbler (m&f)
Canada Warbler (m&f)
Summer Tanager (m)
Scarlet Tanager (m&f)
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (m&f)
Blue Grosbeak (m&f)
Indigo Bunting (m&f)
Red-winged Blackbird (m)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole (m&f)
Purple Finch (m)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
 
*, flyover.
 
Paul Kane
Falls Church, VA
 
p.s., Oh yeah, Betsy Sue "B". Bear, "BBIC," says  "hey."  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
               
 
        

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