We kind of toured a bit today looking for birds out towards Sky Meadows.
Highlights were 8 Bald Eagles (7 at Sky Meadows including 5 immature all
seen in one binocular field at one time, 1 at North Fork also immature), 3
Northern Harriers at Sky Meadows, Kestrels on the roads and Sky Meadows, 6
Red Headed Woodpeckers at Sky Meadows.
Non bird goodies were a 5 to 6 foot Rat Snake and a dead Star Nosed Mole at
Sky Meadows.
Following are the lists:
Sky Meadows
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle (7, see above)
Northern Harrier (3)
Red tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring billed Gull (probably close to 100, large group heading over the park)
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red headed Woodpecker
Red bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven (at least 15)
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White throated Sparrow
At the pond on Belvoir Rd
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Red tailed Hawk
Killdeer (about 20)
American Crow
Blue Jay
The pond on Harrison Rd and Rt 245 to the Plains
Canada Goose
Mallard
Bufflehead (4)
Red tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Starling
Northern Cardinal
Red wing Blackbird
At North Fork Wetlands
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle (1 immature)
Red tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier (1)
Dark eyed Junco
And at home to start the day:
Rock Pigeon
House Sparrow
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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