VA Birders,
Today, eleven birders came out for a Northern Virginia Bird Club trip to
Riverbend Park led by Joanna Taylor and me. Of the 32 species seen, the best
sightings were probably in the meadow where we saw a Brown Thrasher, Eastern
Towhees and a couple of groups of Purple Finches. Down by the river near the
Visitor's Center we saw Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads and Common Mergansers.
We were all happy that the rain held off until we had finished the walk.
Here is the list:
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 10
Canada Goose 6
Ring-necked Duck 15
Bufflehead 9
Common Merganser 2
Ring-billed Duck 50
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied WP 5
Downy WP 7
No. Flicker 3
Pileated WP 1
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 20
Fish Crow 4
Car Chickadee 12
Tufted TM 10
WB Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 1
Car Wren 7
Eastern Bluebird 12
No. Mocker 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Eastern Towhee 6
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 6
WT Sparrow 30
No. Cardinal 14
RW Blackbird 21
Purple Finch 20
American Goldfinch 6
Larry Meade
Vienna VA
