Fourteen members of the Northern Virginia Bird Club explored the far
southeastern section of the Manassas Battlefield in the general area of
the Portcini House and the Ball Family Cemetary this morning. Led by
Rich Rieger and me, the group found 48 bird species. A hoarse croaking
preceded the sight of a Common Raven flying directly overhead, followed
closely (being chased?) by an American Crow. We all had a fine
opportunity to compare overall size and tail shape of the two corvids.
A delightful surprise on our way back to the cars was a flock or 18
Wilson's Snipe that we flushed from a very wet meadow. Other highlights
were Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, one very
cooperative Hermit Thrush, Eastern Meadowlarks, plus 7 species of
sparrows. A few of these birds were picked up by Rich and me on the
Battleview Pkwy pond at the end of the morning.
DC Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Canada Goose 6 + 18 on pond along Battleview Pkwy
Mallard 1 on Battleview Pkwy pond
Osprey 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-Shouldered Hawk 1 at Battleview Pkwy pond
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer (H) at Battleview Pkwy pond
Wilson's Snipe 18
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
No Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse (H)
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
BG Gnatcatcher 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 8
No Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Euro Starling 20
Pine Warbler 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sp 1 + 1 at Battleview Pkwy pond
Field Sp 2
Savannah Sp 8
Song Sp 6
White-throated Sp 12
Dark-eyed Junco 24
Northern Cardinal 6
RW Blackbird 6
Eastern Meadowlark 8
Co Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 6
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
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