The Northern Virginia Bird Club visited Blandy Farm this morning with hardly
any signs of the migration being experienced further south. About the only
highlights were a singing Warbling Vireo which is a uncommon breeding bird
here and a pair of Purple Finches.The complete list follows :
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 7
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Rock Pigeon 12
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied W/P 4
Downy W/P 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 30
Barn swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
Eastern Bluebird 6
Am Robin 30
Northern Mockingbird 6
Brown Thrasher 10
European starling 12
Warbling Vireo 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern cardinal 12
Eastern Towhee 10
Chipping Sparrow 12
Field Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 12
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 2
Am Goldfinch 30
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
John Drummond
Ashburn
Loudoun County
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