Dear VA-Birders,
Seven birders enjoyed the full sun and 32 bird species during a cold morning
at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Prince William County. The
Northern VA Bird Club trip started at the Stone Bridge and walked forest and
field including "Sparrow Alley" near the maintenance facility. The trail
that is sparrow alley has a "trail closed" sign with a horse symbol at one
end, which we took to mean no horses on the trail. However, there was a
"trail closed" sign without a horse symbol on the other end of the short
trail. ???
Birds were not plentiful. Highlights were close views of both KINGLET
species and two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS close together in the top of a
sycamore tree in full brilliant sunshine. White-tailed deer were very
plentiful, with 16 in one field and many other observations of smaller
groups.
Paul Mocko
McLean, VA
The full species list from eBird:
Notes: Northern VA Bird Club trip. Temp 35 - 44 degrees F. Start and
end
point - Stone Bridge parking lot.
Number of species: 32
Canada Goose 30
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 15
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 40
American Crow 25
Fish Crow 20
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 12
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 8
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 100
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 18
Dark-eyed Junco 24
Northern Cardinal 8
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 12
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
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