A pleasant walk along the canal path this morning produced 56 species. Best
birds were a beautiful male Blackburnian Warbler (great views in the sun), two
Wilson's Warblers, and a pair of Chats, chatting and displaying close to the
trail. Blackpolls were numerous. The full list follows:
DC Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 5
Green Heron 1
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 15+ many skimming water at the old city water facility pond
early in the morning.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy 2
Acadian Flycatcher 2
E. Phoebe 1
E. Kingbird 5
Barn Swallow 20+ nesting under Rt. 1 bridge.
N. Rough-winged Swallow 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 7, including juveniles being fed.
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
American Robin 17
Gray Catbird 23
Cedar Waxwing 59
Eur. Starling 5
Red-eyed Vireo 8
White-eyed Vireo 4
Wilson's Warbler 2
N. Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Blackpoll 16+
Black-and-White Warbler 1
Am. Redstart 2
LA Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Summer Tanager 1 probable female.
N. Mockingbird 2
N. Cardinal 37, including 2 juveniles.
Indigo Bunting 5
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Common Grackle 22
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 3 males
Baltimore Oriole 6; one female going into nest high in an old Sycamore.
House Finch 7, including juveniles being fed.
American Goldfinch 22
House Sparrow 4
Jim
James E. Goehring
Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
