Six people joined Bob Klarquist and myself on a walk at Sky Meadows State Park
today. While the hoped for waves of migrants did not materialize, we had a fun
time observing many of the colorful residents and the migrants we did come
across. The Walnut Grove was particularly productive, with red-headed
woodpeckers (many), bobwhite, kestrel, scarlet tanager, Baltimore and orchard
orioles, wood thrush, pewee, yellow-throated vireo, blackpoll warbler, palm
warbler, blue grosbeak, and northern harrier. The South Ridge trail loop was
pretty quiet, with only raven, chipping sparrow, northern parula and
black-throated green warbler of note. In all we saw 63 species.
Here is the list:
Canada goose
mallard
black vulture
turkey vulture
northern harrier
red-tailed hawk
American kestrel
northern bobwhite
rock pigeon
mourning dove
yellow-billed cuckoo
chimney swift
red-headed woodpecker
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
pileated woodpecker
eastern wood pewee
great crested flycatcher
eastern kingbird
tree swallow
barn swallow
carolina wren
gray catbird
northern mockingbird
brown thrasher
eastern bluebird
wood thrush
American robin
blue-gray gnatcatcher
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
blue jay
American crow
common raven
european starling
house sparrow
yellow-throated vireo
red-eyed vireo
American goldfinch
northern parula
yellow warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
black-throated green warbler
palm warbler
blackpoll warbler
common yellowthroat
scarlet tanager
eastern towhee
chipping sparrow
field sparrow
song sparrow
white-throated sparrow
northern cardinal
blue grosbeak
indigo bunting
red-winged blackbird
eastern meadowlark
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird
Baltimore oriole
orchard oriole
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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