I surveyed Leesylvania State Park this past weekend for the breeding bird
foray. I found 56 species. No big surprises. Here is my list:
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 8
Osprey 9
Bald Eagle 3
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Barred Owl 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 15
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 9
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 20
Acadian Flycatcher 21
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 25
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 11
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 26
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 25
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 14
American Robin 11
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 9
Cedar Waxwing 1
Northern Parula 6
Prothonotary Warbler 4
Worm-eating Warbler 5
Ovenbird 7
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 16
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 14
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 9
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 19
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Orchard Oriole 6
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 10
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA