I birded my usual haunts in Prince William Co. this morning, and while
the activity was not on the level of last week, the diversity was still
good and I ended up with 26 species of warbler and 111 species overall.
The hot spot was Leesylvania State Park, especially the Powell Creek
trail. Along the trail I had a pair of summer tanagers, good numbers of
veery, wood, and Swainson's thrushes, and a single gray-cheeked thrush.
There were several nice bunches of warblers, which included magnolia
(many), blackpoll (many, many), bay-breasted (1 seen), Cape May,
yellow-rumped, redstart, black-throated blue, and black-throated green.
Also present were ovenbird, worm-eating, LA waterthrush, northern
parula, and prothonotary. Pewees were common, as were scarlet tanager,
yellow-billed cuckoo, and acadian flycatcher. Also in Leesylvania I
found 2 Wilson's warblers (hill and pinic area), and a palm warbler
(western subsp.).
Other notable birds during the morning were Kentucky warbler along
Cockpit Pt. Rd. in Dumfries, an adult Cooper's hawk at Metz Wetlands,
and bobwhite, American pipit, least sandpiper, lincoln's sparrow, and
savannah sparrow at Occoquan NWR. Finally, when I got home around
11:30am, there was a pine siskin on my feeder.
A partial list follows:
greater yellowlegs
solitary sandpiper
spotted sandpiper
least sandpiper
barred owl
yellow-billed cuckoo
chimney swift
ruby-throated hummingbird
easter wood-pewee
acadian flycatcher
eastern phoebe
great-crested flycatcher
eastern kingbird
ruby-crowned kinglet
veery
grey-cheeked thrush
swainson's thrush
wood thrush
american pipit
cedar waxwing
northern parula
yellow warbler
chestnut-sided warbler
magnolia warbler
cape may warbler
black-throated blue warbler
black-throated green warbler
yellow-throated warbler
pine warbler
palm warbler
prairie warbler
bay-breasted warbler
blackpoll warbler
black-and-white warbler
american redstart
prothonotary warbler
worm-eating warbler
ovenbird
northern waterthrush
louisiana waterthrush
kentucky warbler
common yellowthroat
hooded warbler
wilson's warbler
yellow=breasted chat
summer tanager
scarlet tanager
blue grosbeak
indigo bunting
savannah sparrow
lincoln's sparrow
eastern meadowlark
pine siskin
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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