[MDOsprey] The Northern VA Potomac River parks - Riverbend and westward
KurtCapt87@aol.com
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:44:25 EDT
Folks,
Spent some time birding along the Potomac, on No. VA Park Authority Land
which lies from the western edge of Riverbend Park west to nearly the county
line today, 27 June 99 (the portion at the end of Promontory Rd looks very
good for migrants, lots of second growth, a little understory, somewhat open
leading to forested canopy (both Pro and LA were there). This area, and some
of the surrounding surburban horsepasture/housing subdivs were birded from
about 0645 to about 1030. I then visited Great Falls, mainly in the great
swamp area, from about 1045-1200. The following were observed (compare to
the unfragmented Prince William Forest fr yesterday!):
Gr Blue Heron - 2
Green Heron - 2
Mallard - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
YB Cuckoo - 7
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-belly Wood - 10
Downy Wood - 10
Hairy Wood - 5
No. Flicker - 4
Pileated Wood - 6
E. W. Peewee - 12
Acadian Fly - 21
E. Phoebe - 1
Gr Cr Fly - 8
Purple Martin - 2
Tree Sw - 1
No. Rough-wing Sw - 1
Barn Sw. - 6
Blue Jay - 14
Am Crow - 16
Fish Crow - 2
Carolina Chick - 22
Tufted Tit - 16
Whitehatch - 14
C. Wren - 12
H. Wren - 2
BG Gnat - 7
E. Blue - 1
Wood Thrush - 9
Am Robin - 1
Gr Catbird - 2
No. Mocker - 2
White-eyed V - 1
Yellow-thr V - 5
Warbling V - 1 (on an island nr the natural gas crossing; I guess this is
Maryland, but I think we should change the boundary since I could easily walk
to the island!)
Red-eyed V - 23
No. Parula - 10
Yellow-thr Warbler - 3 (2 in MD nr natural gas crossing, Violettes Lock to
Pennyfield Lock)
Prothonotary - 5 (one feeding juvie with a bit of down still)
Worm-eating - 3 (one feeding Cowbird, thus confirming 2 species)
Ovenbird - 1
LA Waterthrush - 5 (one carrying food from creek, over path and thence under
a big log, then out without food - breeding thus confirmed)
Com Yellowthrt - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 7
No. Cardinal - 14
Indigo Bunting - 6 (a couple in Maryland)
E. Towhee - 1
Chipping Sp. - 4
Song Sp - 4
Com Grackle - 12
Brn-hd Cowbird - 6
Orchard O - 1
Am Goldfinch - 8
House Sp - 4