[va-bird] Summer tanager likely nesting near Gainesville

  To take a sanity break from work, I took my lunch to Conway Robinson State 
Forest near Gainesville, Prince William County to look for birds. The first 
bird I heard when I got out of the car was a calling summer tanager, a rare 
nesting species here in the northern Piedmont. I was able to find a female 
carrying food, indicating that she probably has a nest with young somewhere 
nearby.  Other birds were more expected:  scarlet tanager, wood thrush, 
red-eyed vireo, ovenbird, yellow-billed cuckoo (I've seen - or heard - A LOT of 
cuckoos this year!).
   
  Good birding.
  Craig Tumer
  College park, MD

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