Hello, birders.
For May 8, Int'l Migratory Bird Day, I thought I'd
survey as much of the State Arboretum of Virginia at
Blandy Experimental Farm as I could. I saw an
AMERICAN BITTERN fly out of a wetland there. I lost
this bird behind some trees that were in my line of
sight but I don't think it flew very far. This
sighting lets me add yet another species to the list
of birds that I've seen territorial Red-winged
Blackbirds attack. This wetland is near the Conifer
Trail. I think it's called Lake Georgette.
A SORA whinnied twice from the wetland next the
observation platform, which is near Lake Arnold.
I got only a few definite migrants today but it was a
fun place to bird. Species included:
-Gr. Yellowlegs
-Solitary Sandpiper
-Killdeer (with 1 round young)
-Gr. cr. Flycatcher
-E. Kingbird (seemed to be migrants and breeders)
-R.e. Vireo
-Warbling Vireo
-C. Waxwing
-No. Parula
-Yellow Warbler
-Cape May Warbler
-Yel.-rumped Warbler
-Blackpoll Warbler
-Am. Redstart
-No. Waterthrush
-Com. Yellowthroat
-Grasshopper Sparrow
-Wh.-throated Sparrow
-R.b. Grosbeak
-Blue Grosbeak
-I. Bunting
-O. Oriole
-B. Oriole
Later, I went on a butterfly walk with the Wash. Area
Butterfly Club at Thompson WMA. The usual birds were
seen, including the usual warblers like CERULEAN.
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ;
You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
