(Long) Final count for VSO weekend - 160 species
Joanna and Rush Taylor (jandrtaylor@ibm.net)
Sat, 15 May 1999 13:38:25 -0400
Here is the final species count for the field trips at the VSO
annual meeting held at Tyson's Corners, No. Virginia on Saturday,
May 8 and Sunday, May 9. 149 species were seen on Saturday and
134 on Sunday. There were also several species seen or heard
during the weekend but not during the field trips. Notably:
Barn Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, Whip-poor-will and Alder Flycatcher.
This would bring the total up to 164. A list of species seen
follows. SS stands for Saturday and Sunday, Sat for Saturday
and Sun for Sunday. When we find someone with time on their
hands we will make up a spread sheet with the species broken
down by specific field trips.
Common Loon Sat
Pied-billed Grebe SS
Double -crested Cormorant SS
American Bittern SS
Least Bittern Sat
Great Blue Heron SS
Great Egret SS
Snowy Egret Sat
Green Heron SS
Black Vulture SS
Turkey Vulture SS
Canada Goose SS
Mute Swan Sat
Tundra Swan Sun
Wood Duck SS
Gadwall Sat
Mallard SS
Lesser Scaup Sat
Red-breasted Merganser Sat
Ruddy Duck Sat
Osprey SS
Bald Eagle SS
Northern Harrier SS
Sharp-shinned Hawk Sat
Cooper's Hawk Sat
Red-shouldered Hawk SS
Broad-winged Hawk Sat
Red-tailed Hawk SS
American Kestrel SS
Wild Turkey SS
Northern Bobwhite SS
King Rail SS
Sora SS
Kildeer SS
Greater Yellowlegs SS
Lesser Yellowlegs SS
Solitary Sandpiper SS
Spotted Sandpiper SS
Least Sandpiper SS
Pectoral Sandpiper SS
Common Snipe Sun
Laughing Gull SS
Ring-billed Gull SS
Herring Gull SS
Great Black-backed Gull Sat
Caspian Tern Sun
Forster's Tern Sat
Rock Dove SS
Mourning Dove SS
Black-billed Cuckoo SS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo SS
Barred Owl SS
Common Nighthawk Sat
Chimney Swift SS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird SS
Belted Kingfisher SS
Red-headed Woodpecker SS
Red-bellied Wopodpecker SS
Downy Woodpecker SS
Hairy Woodpecker SS
Northern Flicker SS
Pileated Woodpecker SS
Eastern Wood-pewee SS
Acadian Flycatcher SS
Willow Flycatcher Sun
Eastern Phoebe SS
Great Crested Flycatcher SS
Eastern Kingbird SS
White-eyed Vireo SS
Yellow-throated Vireo SS
Blue-headed Vireo Sat
Warbling Vireo SS
Red-eyed Vireo SS
Blue Jay SS
American Crow SS
Fish Crow SS
Purple Martin Sun
Tree Swallow SS
Northern Rough-winged Swallow SS
Barn Swallow SS
Carolina Chickadee SS
Tufted Titmouse SS
White-breasted Nuthatch SS
Carolina Wren SS
House Wren SS
Marsh Wren SS
Golden-crowned Kinglet Sat
Ruby-crowned Kinglet SS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher SS
Eastern Bluebird SS
Veery SS
Gray-cheeked Thrush Sun
(Possible Bicknell's on Sat but not counted)
Swainson's Thrush SS
Hermit Thrush Sun
Wood Thrush SS
American Robin SS
Gray Catbird SS
Northern Mockingbird SS
Brown Thrasher SS
European Starling SS
Cedar Waxwing SS
Tenessee Warbler Sun
Nashville Warbler SS
Northern Parula SS
Yellow Warbler SS
Chestnut-sided Warbler SS
Magnolia Warbler SS
Cape May Warbler Sat
Black-throated Blue Warbler SS
Yellow-rumped Warbler SS
Black-thoated Green Warbler SS
Blackburnian SS
Yellow-throated Warbler Sat
Pine Warbler SS
Prairie Warbler SS
Palm Warbler SS
Bay-breasted Warbler SS
Blackpoll Warbler SS
Cerulean Warbler Sun
Black-and-white Warbler SS
American Redstart SS
Prothonotary Warbler SS
Worm-eating Warbler SS
Ovenbird SS
Northern Waterthrush SS
Louisiana Waterthrush Sat
Kentucky Warbler Sat
Common Yellowthroat SS
Hooded Warbler Sat
Wilson's Warbler Sun
Canada Warbler SS
Yellow-breasted Chat SS
Summer Tanager Sat
Scarlet Tanager SS
Rufous-sided Towhee SS
Chipping Sparrow SS
Field Sparrow SS
Savannah Sparrow Sat
Grasshopper Sparrow SS
Song Sparrow SS
Lincoln's Sparrow Sat
Swamp Sparrow SS
White-throated Sparrow SS
White-crowned Sparrow Sat
Northern Cardinal SS
Rose-breasted Grosbeak SS
Blue Grosbeak SS
Indigo Bunting SS
Bobolink Sat
Red-winged Blackbird SS
Eastern Meadowlark SS
Rusty Blackbird Sat
Common Grackle SS
Boat-tailed Grackle Sun
Brown-headed Cowbird SS
Orchard Oriole SS
Baltimore Oriole SS
House Finch SS
American Goldfinch SS
House Sparrow SS
Joanna Taylor
Arlington, VA