Manassas Battlefield, 22 APR 99
BlkVulture@aol.com
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:19:03 EDT
Hello all,
Did the Stone Bridge/Stable Loop with Bob Abrams today, starting at 7:30. It
was rather foggy, temps starting out in the high 40's. We added a couple of
spur trails, and the walk took until about 12:00 to complete. Temps were in
the low 70's when done. There was a mild SW wind, and the cloud cover was
beginning to break up by the end of the walk.
There were a few new arrivals, as well as some lingering winterers. Nine
sparrow species, eight warblers. Ruby-crowned Kinglets everywhere. And one
Lesser Scaup hen in an unusual location, a small pond near the stables. The
day ended for me with a small hawk flight, Bob stuck around to see if there
would be more. In terms of number of species, today was the most I have had
there.
The List:
DC Cormorant (9)
GB Heron (1)
Canada Goose (6)
Mallard (2)
Lesser Scaup (1)
Turkey Vulture (15)
Osprey(2)
Sharpie (2)
Red-shoulder (2)
Broad-wing (10)
Red-tail (2)
Kestrel (1)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Common Snipe (10)
Mourning Dove (8)
Chimney Swift (2)
RB Woodpecker (4)
Downy (6)
Hairy (1)
Flicker (3)
Pileated (2)
E. Phoebe (6)
Rough-winged Swallow (1)
Barn Swallow (25)
Blue Jay (10)
A. Crow (11)
Fish Crow (2)
C. Chickadee (30)
Titmouse (20)
C. Wren (2)
House Wren (5)
Winter Wren (1)
RC Kinglet (24)
BG Gnatcatcher (16)
E. Bluebird (10)
Hermit Thrush (1)
Robin (4)
Mockingbird (2)
Brown Thrasher (3)
Cedar Waxwing (5)
Starling (50)
WE Vireo (4)
BH Vireo (4)
N. Parula (1)
Yellow-rumps (30) lots of breeding plumaged males
Pine Warbler (4)
Prairie Warbler (5)
Palm Warbler (1)
Redstart (2)
LA Waterthrush (2)
C. Yellowthroat (1)
Cardinal (14)
E. Towhee (5)
Chipping Sparrow (40) all in one small pasture. All these chestnut heads.
Field Sparrow (25)
Vesper Sparrow (1)
Savannah Sparrow (8)
Song Sparrow (5)
Swamp Sparrow (5)
WT Sparrow (15)
Junco (6)
Red-winged Blackbird (4)
Meadowlark (2)
Common Grackle (12)
BH Cowbird (18)
Goldfinch (27)
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Todd Day
Jeffersonton, VA
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