Big Day Birding, 5/8/99

Matt O'Donnell (Matt_O@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 9 May 1999 17:06:52 -0400 

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Hello everyone!

Almost recovered from a long day of birding yesterday (relaxed by going =
back to Monticello Park this morning.) Actually we started the Friday =
evening and went until the same time Saturday evening. We went to =
Huntley Meadows and recorded 52 species in about 3 hours. There was an =
American Bittern and a Sora, but not much out of the ordinary.=20
On Saturday we went to Seneca where we found at least 5 Prothonotary =
Warblers, 1 Common Loon on the river, 1 Black-and-white Warbler, 1 =
Redstart, among other species. At Sycamore Landing we saw a =
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a Veery, and a singing Cerulean Warbler. We saw =
a Sora, Orchard Orioles, and a Yellow-breasted Chat at Hughes Hollow. =
Our next stop was at Lilypons and the surrounding areas where we saw 2 =
Bobolinks and 1 Least Bittern. Then we rushed back to Monticello Park in =
Virginia, where we saw a Hooded Warbler, and Swainson's, Hermit, and =
gray-cheecked thrushes. With a quick stop along the Potomac we finally =
saw some gulls. We saw or heard 118 species.

The full list:
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
King Rail
Sora
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Matt O'Donnell, 18
Burke, VA
Matt_O@att.net

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Hello everyone!
 
Almost recovered from a long day of birding = yesterday (relaxed=20 by going back to Monticello Park this morning.) Actually we started the = Friday=20 evening and went until the same time Saturday evening. We went to = Huntley=20 Meadows and recorded 52 species in about 3 hours. There was an American = Bittern=20 and a Sora, but not much out of the ordinary.
On Saturday we went to Seneca where we found at = least 5=20 Prothonotary Warblers, 1 Common Loon on the river, 1 Black-and-white = Warbler, 1=20 Redstart, among other species. At Sycamore Landing we saw a = Rose-breasted=20 Grosbeak, a Veery, and a singing Cerulean Warbler. We saw a Sora, = Orchard=20 Orioles, and a Yellow-breasted Chat at Hughes Hollow. Our next stop was = at=20 Lilypons and the surrounding areas where we saw 2 Bobolinks and 1 Least = Bittern.=20 Then we rushed back to Monticello Park in Virginia, where we saw a = Hooded=20 Warbler, and Swainson's, Hermit, and gray-cheecked thrushes. With a = quick stop=20 along the Potomac we finally saw some gulls. We saw or heard 118=20 species.
 
The full list:
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
King Rail
Sora
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
 
Matt O'Donnell, 18
Burke, VA
Matt_O@att.net
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