VA BIRDers,
The Northern Virginia Sparrow Hunt continued today with a visit to Dulles
Wetlands (Dulles Greenway Mitigation Project or some such is the official
name) this morning and Banshee-Reeks park in the afternoon, both in Loudoun
Co. Access to these normally closed areas were kindly granted by the Dulles
Greenway Authority and Loudoun Co Parks. Sparrow hunting team #1 was Laura
Catterton, John Drummond and Bev Leeuewenberg. Sparrow hunting team #2 was
Mary Ann Good, Jason Wanders, Phillip Klein, and Kurt Gaskill.
Top bird today was Sedge Wren, decisively found by Team #1 mixed in with an
RC Kinglet flock in the western portion of the main wetlands cell.
(Interestingly, this is the second Sedge Wren found in No. VA in the last
week.) Team #2 chimed in with an early American Tree Sparrow. Also,
excellent looks were obtained for 3 Grasshopper Sparrows and, soon after, a
Vesper Sparrow, in the central region of the main wetland cell. The
following are the sparrow statistics for today's discovery, the first entry
is for the wetlands and the second is for Banshee-Reeks:
E. Towhee 1/2
Am Tree Sparrow 1/0
Chipping Sparrow 0/6
Field Sparrow 24/22
Vesper Sparrow 1/0
Savannah Sparrow 16/1
Grasshopper Sparrow 3/0
Song Sparrow 91/92
Lincoln's Sparrow 2/0
Swamp Sparrow 71/24
White-throated Sparrow 30/120
White-crowned Sparrow 9/7
DE Junco 3/8
party hours 9.5
Other highlights were:
No. Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Am. Kestrel 4
No. Bobwhite 2
Virginia Rail 5
Common Snipe 5
E. Phoebe 4
GC Kinglet 5
RC Kinglet 36
Gray Catbird 1
American Pipit 2
Cedar Waxwing 6 (thin so far this season)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 44
Palm Warbler 9
Common Yellowthroat 1
Rusty Blackbird 10
Kurt Gaskill
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