All,
NY Monuments at Manassas Battlefield was hopping this morning from 7:30
to 8:30 when things slowed down dramatically. I was surprised to find I
only saw 8 species of warbler when I tallied up my birds as they seemed
to be everywhere. The best bird was a Philadelphia Vireo down low and
in great light. Here's what I can remember since I left my notes in the
car - American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula,
Chestnut-sided, Black and White, Nashville, Magnolia, and Black-throated
Green Warblers. Also a possible Cape May but I didn't get a good enough
look. Along with the Philly V there were Red-eyed (many) and
Yellow-throated (one) Vireos. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, Eastern Towhee, Brown Thrasher, many, many
Eastern Wood-Pewees and the other usual stuff. Right in the middle of
all the action a Cooper's Hawk landed in the top of the tree just to the
east of the tree with all the dead snags and that slowed things down for
a few minutes until it left. I got great looks at the hawk though!
I'm hoping to have some company there tomorrow since the cold front
tonight should bring more birds and I felt like I was missing about 3/4
of what was there today.
Sue
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Susan A. Heath
George Mason University
Environmental Science Department
Fairfax, VA
Secretary, Virginia Avian Records Committee
Keeper, Virginia Comp List at www.virginiabirding.org
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