After horizontal bird walks, Great Falls-Riverbend and Occoquan, I
tried a vertical bird walk today, May 29th. Went up the South
Ridge Trail and down the North Ridge Trail, with a brunch at the
intersection with the Appalachian Trail.
These are the species I saw (or heard):
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk (juvenile)
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
N. Flicker
E. Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
E. Bluebird (boxes are helping!)
Robin
Wood Thrush (good numbers in mid-elevation forest)
Gray Catbird
N. Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (on lawn, next to Visitor Center!)
Starling
N. Parula
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush (next to N. Ridge trail & stream)
Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Bobolink (near pond by entry road)
Red-winged Blackbird
Grackle
Goldfinch
House Sparrow
If you want to do that hike, bring water and snacks.
Fortunately, mosquitoes and deer flies were sparse.
Dex Hinckley
703-354-1342
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