Hello Birders,
I arrived at NY Monuments at Manassas Battlefield today at about 6:30 a.m.
Nobody else was there, but I realized as I was leaving why that might be.
There was a jackknifed truck across 29 not far from the entrance, and police
had blocked the entire road leading to the Monuments. Looks like I made it in
just in time.
Anyway, if anybody was blocked from getting thru, you really didn't miss much.
Migrant activity was down from past weeks (and last week was also slow).
Highlights were a flock of at least 56 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, an impressive sight,
near the entrance, a few WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS foraging in the shrubs, and
GOLDEN-CROWNED and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS. Also impressive was a flock of 27
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS near the entrance in the treetops as well as on the
ground. The complete list follows.
Jay
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Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 3
Wood Duck 6
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 56
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 27
Pine Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 7
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 3
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
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