[va-bird] Sky Meadows SP highlights, Mar. 23

Hello, birders.

I visited Sky Meadows SP in Fauquier County, Va.,
yesterday.  Temp. climbed from 56 degrees F around 8AM
to the low 60s by the early afternoon.  The birding
was generally slow.  I hiked from the contact station
to the Visitor's Center to the Gap Run and Snowden
Trails.  I also checked out the fishing pond along
Rte. 17.

I saw 7 species of sparrow, including 1 Vesper at the
corner of the entrance road (Edmonds Lane) and Rte.
17.  It was feeding on the lawn.  There were 2 Fox
Sparrows in a sparrow flock at the beginning of the
Snowden Trail.  Tree Swallows are common now along
Edmonds Lane as well as at the fishing pond.  A pair
of Am. Kestrels are hanging out together near the
Visitor's Center.  

And the ever present Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen
today, as well.  I saw 1 in their usual location in
the Walnut Grove near the contact station, as well as
1 near the Visitor's Center, without much effort.

Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.


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