I could not walk far or for long this morning, so I strolled over to a
spot along Holmes Run in Alexandria, on the other side of the Charles
Beatley footbridge from the city library, where I birded from about
10:30 to noon. When I went into the woods by some small creeks that
empty into Holmes Run, I was rewarded with good, long looks at a
worm-eating warbler, a common yellowthroat, a yellow rump, several
cardinals, a Carolina wren, two towhees, a catbird, and a white-throated
sparrow. From a nearby bench I saw the following birds: song sparrow,
red-winged blackbird, Carolina chickadee, American crow, mourning dove,
house finch, goldfinch, grackle, downy and red-bellied woodpeckers, and
two noisy house wrens who may be interested in a nest box by the trail.
I heard (but could not see) a phoebe and a possible blackpoll warbler.
In the the trees next to the footbridge, I glimpsed a possible magnolia
warbler that fled before I could get bins on it.
Cathy Messina
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