Hi all,
9 members of the Northern Virginia Bird Club had a very
pleasant (sunny!) walk at Blandy Experimental Farm, the
Va. state arboretun near Winchester. Highlights were:
HORNED LARKS,AMERICAN PIPITS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
both KINGLETS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. Compete list of
the 38 species seen follows. (N.B. the Pipits and Horned
Larks were seen on Rt. 628. As you follow the loop turn
left at the T junction with 628 and look in the plowed
field on your right.)
8 Black Vulture
24 Turkey Vulture
3 Mallard
2 No. Harrier
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Rock Pigeon
12 Mourning Dove
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 No. Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Phoebe
12 Blue Jay
60 American Crow
15 Horned Lark
15 Carolina Chickadee
12 Tufted Titmouse
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren (heard)
6 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
18 Eastern Bluebird
50 American Robin
10 No. Mockingbird
1,000 European Starling
2 American Pipit
8 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
25 White-throated Sparrow
25 White-crowned Sparrow
8 Dark-eyed Junco
12 No. Cardinal
3 Eastern Meadowlark
6 American Goldfinch
Joanna B. Taylor
Arlington, VA
jandrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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