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species 1.

Canada Goose

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 2.

Turkey Vulture

Count 5

Modesto Santiago

species 3.

White-eyed Vireo

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 4.

Red-eyed Vireo

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 5.

Tufted Titmouse

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 6.

Tree Swallow

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 7.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Count 8

Modesto Santiago

species 8.

Carolina Wren

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 9.

American Robin

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 10.

American Goldfinch

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 11.

White-throated Sparrow

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 12.

Eastern Towhee

Count 3

Modesto Santiago

species 13.

Red-winged Blackbird

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 14.

Common Yellowthroat

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 15.

Northern Parula

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 16.

Prairie Warbler

Count 7

Modesto Santiago

species 17.

Northern Cardinal

Count 4

Modesto Santiago

species 18.

Mourning Dove

Count 1

Brian Rademacher

species 19.

Osprey

Count 1

Brian Rademacher

species 20.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Count 1

Brian Rademacher

species 21.

Northern Mockingbird

Count 1

Brian Rademacher

species 22.

Field Sparrow

Count 2

Brian Rademacher

species 23.

Swamp Sparrow

Count 1

Brian Rademacher

species 24.

Common Grackle

Count 1

Brian Rademacher

species 25.

Wild Turkey

Count 2

heather mcp

species 26.

Great Blue Heron

Count 2

heather mcp

species 27.

Bald Eagle

Count 1

heather mcp

species 28.

Hairy Woodpecker

Count 1

heather mcp

species 29.

Acadian Flycatcher

Count 1

heather mcp

species 30.

Eastern Kingbird

Count 1

heather mcp

species 31.

American Crow

Count 1

heather mcp

species 32.

Fish Crow

Count 2

heather mcp

species 33.

Carolina Chickadee

Count 2

heather mcp

species 34.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Count 1

heather mcp

species 35.

House Wren

Count 1

heather mcp

species 36.

European Starling

Count 10

heather mcp

species 37.

Gray Catbird

Count 1

heather mcp

species 38.

Eastern Bluebird

Count 2

heather mcp

species 39.

Purple Finch

Count 1

heather mcp

species 40.

Savannah Sparrow

Count 2

heather mcp

species 41.

Song Sparrow

Count 2

heather mcp

species 42.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Count 1

heather mcp

species 43.

Orchard Oriole

Count 1

heather mcp

species 44.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Count 6

heather mcp

species 45.

Prothonotary Warbler

Count 4

heather mcp

species 46.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Count 2

heather mcp

species 47.

Blue Grosbeak

Count 1

heather mcp

species 48.

Black Vulture

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 49.

Downy Woodpecker

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 50.

Pileated Woodpecker

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 51.

Northern Flicker

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 52.

Blue Jay

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 53.

White-breasted Nuthatch

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 54.

Northern Waterthrush

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 55.

Indigo Bunting

Count 1

Justin Puhl

species 56.

Wood Duck

Count 3

Alan Green

species 57.

Lesser Scaup

Count 1

Alan Green

species 58.

Red-breasted Merganser

Count 6

Alan Green

species 59.

American Coot

Count 20

Alan Green

species 60.

Spotted Sandpiper

Count 2

Alan Green

species 61.

Ring-billed Gull

Count 1

Alan Green

species 62.

Double-crested Cormorant

Count 18

Alan Green

species 63.

Eastern Phoebe

Count 1

Alan Green

species 64.

Great Crested Flycatcher

Count 2

Alan Green

species 65.

Hermit Thrush

Count 1

Alan Green

species 66.

House Finch

Count 2

Alan Green

species 67.

Yellow Warbler

Count 1

Alan Green

species 68.

Yellow-throated Warbler

Count 4

Alan Green

species 69.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Count 3

Ethan Green

species 70.

Caspian Tern

Count 1

Ethan Green

species 71.

Cooper's Hawk

Count 2

Ethan Green

species 72.

Warbling Vireo

Count 2

Ethan Green

species 73.

Purple Martin

Count 16

Ethan Green

species 74.

Scarlet Tanager

Count 1

Ethan Green

species 75.

Mallard

Count 2

David Frazelle

species 76.

Rock Pigeon

Count 1

David Frazelle

species 77.

Brown Thrasher

Count 2

David Frazelle

species 78.

Wood Thrush

Count 1

David Frazelle

species 79.

House Sparrow

Count 3

David Frazelle

species 80.

Wilson's Snipe

Count 3

Shawn MacDonnell

species 81.

Palm Warbler

Count 1

Jeaninne MacDonnell

species 82.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Count 1

Louis Sokolow

species 83.

Belted Kingfisher

Count 1

Louis Sokolow

species 84.

Blue-headed Vireo

Count 1

Louis Sokolow

species 85.

Chimney Swift

Count 1

Howard Youth

species 86.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Count 3

Howard Youth

species 87.

Rusty Blackbird

Count 2

Howard Youth

species 88.

Solitary Sandpiper

Count 1

Douglas Hill

species 89.

Barred Owl

Count 1

Douglas Hill

species 90.

Louisiana Waterthrush

Count 1

Stephon Sterns

species 91.

Black-and-white Warbler

Count 1

Stephon Sterns

species 92.

Pine Warbler

Count 1

Stephon Sterns

species 93.

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Count 5

Jim Pearson

species 94.

Barn Swallow

Count 3

Rick MacDonald

species 95.

Baltimore Oriole

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 96.

Forster's Tern

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 97.

Red-tailed Hawk

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 98.

Chipping Sparrow

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 99.

Common Loon

Count 1

Eric Cassel

species 100.

Common Raven

Count 1

Eric Cassel

species 101.

Laughing Gull

Count 1

Kevin Roback

species 102.

Herring Gull

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 103.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Count 1

Eric W

species 104.

American Kestrel

Count 1

Ron Grimes

species 105.

Merlin

Count 1

Jim Pearson

species 106.

Virginia Rail

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 107.

Ruddy Duck

Count 50

Anonymous eBirder

species 108.

Pied-billed Grebe

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 109.

Bonaparte's Gull

Count 24

Anonymous eBirder

species 110.

Hooded Merganser

Count 3

Karen Fairweather

species 111.

Blue-winged Teal

Count 2

Blake Gostelow

species 112.

King Rail

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 113.

Greater Yellowlegs

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 114.

American Black Duck

Count 1

Kari Hicks

species 115.

Horned Grebe

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 116.

Winter Wren

Count 1

Northern Virginia Bird Club

species 117.

Ring-necked Duck

Count 3

William Higgins

species 118.

Dark-eyed Junco

Count 2

William Higgins

species 119.

Green-winged Teal

Count 8

Christian Caryl

species 120.

American Wigeon

Count 12

Blake Gostelow

species 121.

Common Merganser

Count 1

Blake Gostelow

species 122.

Brown Creeper

Count 1

Blake Gostelow

species 123.

Bufflehead

Count 13

William Heinle

species 124.

Mute Swan

Count 1

Amanda Tobia

species 125.

Fox Sparrow

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 126.

Greater Scaup

Count 16

Luke Holian

species 127.

Canvasback

Count 1

Phil Silas

species 128.

Great Egret

Count 1

Larry Meade

species 129.

American Woodcock

Count 4

Todd Kiraly

species 130.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Count 1

Gwen Ellis-Joyce

species 131.

Cedar Waxwing

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 132.

Northern Harrier

Count 1

Alex C

species 133.

Redhead

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 134.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 135.

Tundra Swan

Count 4

Northern Virginia Bird Club

species 136.

Killdeer

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 137.

Gadwall

Count 1

Blake Gostelow

species 138.

Northern Pintail

Count 4

Anonymous eBirder

species 139.

Northern Shoveler

Count 3

Anonymous eBirder

species 140.

Great Black-backed Gull

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 141.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Count 1

Phil Silas

species 142.

Common Goldeneye

Count 1

Jim Pearson

species 143.

American Tree Sparrow

Count 1

Thomas Showalter

species 144.

White-crowned Sparrow

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 145.

American Pipit

Count 4

Evan Pannkuk

species 146.

Surf Scoter

Count 4

Casey Pittrizzi

species 147.

Pine Siskin

Count 1

Blake Gostelow

species 148.

Great Horned Owl

Count 1

Bill Hohenstein

species 149.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Count 1

Jacob Roberts

species 150.

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 151.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 2

John Aleknavage

species 152.

Lincoln's Sparrow

Count 1

Blake Gostelow

species 153.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Count 1

Pete Huffer

species 154.

Vesper Sparrow

Count 1

Jim Pearson

species 155.

Tennessee Warbler

Count 1

William Higgins

species 156.

Eastern Meadowlark

Count 1

Kevin Bennett

species 157.

Sanderling

Count 1

Bruce Hill

species 158.

Cape May Warbler

Count 1

Phil Silas

species 159.

Nashville Warbler

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 160.

American Redstart

Count 1

Jacob Hall

species 161.

Magnolia Warbler

Count 1

Jacob Hall

species 162.

Blackpoll Warbler

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 163.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 164.

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Count 1

Eric Pourchot

species 165.

Green Heron

Count 1

Phil Silas

species 166.

Dickcissel

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 167.

Ovenbird

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 168.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Count 1

Kevin Bennett

species 169.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Count 3

Todd Kiraly

species 170.

Bobolink

Count 2

John Aleknavage

species 171.

Common Nighthawk

Count 2

Modesto Santiago

species 172.

Blackburnian Warbler

Count 1

Kay Bushman

species 173.

Veery

Count 1

Phil Silas

species 174.

Bay-breasted Warbler

Count 1

Sherman Suter

species 175.

Least Flycatcher

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 176.

Worm-eating Warbler

Count 1

Adam Wambold

species 177.

Summer Tanager

Count 1

Jim Pearson

species 178.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Count 1

Douglas Hill

species 179.

Swainson's Thrush

Count 1

Phil Silas

species 180.

Broad-winged Hawk

Count 200

Jim Pearson

species 181.

Yellow-throated Vireo

Count 1

Jim Pearson

species 182.

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Count 1

Blake Gostelow

species 183.

Marsh Wren

Count 2

Jim Pearson

species 184.

Black-billed Cuckoo

Count 1

Jacob Hall

species 185.

Willow Flycatcher

Count 1

Jacob Hall

species 186.

Blue-winged Warbler

Count 1

Patrick Sullivan

species 187.

Cliff Swallow

Count 3

Rob Batchelder

species 188.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Count 1

William Higgins

species 189.

Little Blue Heron

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 190.

Black Tern

Count 3

John Aleknavage

species 191.

Least Bittern

Count 1

Bill Hohenstein

species 192.

Northern Bobwhite

Count 1

Steve Bielamowicz

species 193.

Canada Warbler

Count 1

Modesto Santiago

species 194.

Philadelphia Vireo

Count 1

David Frazelle

species 195.

Kentucky Warbler

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 196.

Alder Flycatcher

Count 1

Ron Vogel

species 197.

Grasshopper Sparrow

Count 1

Stephon Sterns

species 198.

Wilson's Warbler

Count 1

Stephon Sterns

species 199.

Hooded Warbler

Count 1

Cheryl Carlile

species 200.

Mississippi Kite

Count 1

Maxwell Julius

species 201.

Snowy Egret

Count 1

Kevin Ohagan

species 202.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 203.

Barn Owl

Count 2

Kevin Ohagan

species 204.

American Bittern

Count 1

Matt Felperin

species 205.

Eastern Screech-Owl

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 206.

Sora

Count 1

Erik Wilkins

species 207.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 208.

White-winged Scoter

Count 7

Brian Rademacher

species 209.

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Count 1

Daniel Lebbin

species 210.

Evening Grosbeak

Count 1

Douglas White

species 211.

Dunlin

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 212.

Connecticut Warbler

Count 1

Pete Huffer

species 213.

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Count 1

Todd Kiraly

species 214.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 1

David Ledwith

species 215.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

James Lingebach

species 216.

American Avocet

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 217.

Least Sandpiper

Count 1

Madeline Wroblewski

species 218.

Mourning Warbler

Count 1

Todd Kiraly

species 219.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Count 2

Ashley Bradford

species 220.

Bank Swallow

Count 1

Raphaël Nussbaumer

species 221.

Glossy Ibis

Count 1

Vicki Chatel (*v*)

species 222.

American White Pelican

Count 4

Julie Davis

species 223.

Townsend's Warbler

Count 1

Sandra Rosenhouse

species 224.

Black Scoter

Count 5

Toby Hardwick

species 225.

Horned Lark

Count 1

Seth Kellogg

species 226.

Cerulean Warbler

Count 1

Linda Chittum

species 227.

Red-necked Grebe

Count 1

Blake Gostelow

species 228.

Common Tern

Count 2

Kurt Gaskill

species 229.

Royal Tern

Count 2

Kurt Gaskill

species 230.

Sedge Wren

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 231.

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Count 1

Joan Mashburn

species 232.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 233.

Common Gallinule

Count 1

Linda Chittum

species 234.

Golden-winged Warbler

Count 1

John Aleknavage

species 235.

LeConte's Sparrow

Count 1

Gabriel Mapel

species 236.

Snow Goose

Count 1

Evan Pannkuk

species 237.

Long-tailed Duck

Count 2

Peggy Blair

species 238.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 239.

Western Cattle Egret

Count 1

Todd Kiraly

species 240.

Red-throated Loon

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 241.

Eurasian Wigeon

Count 1

David Ledwith

species 242.

Clay-colored Sparrow

Count 1

Gerco Hoogeweg

species 243.

White-winged Dove

Count 1

David Boltz

species 244.

Short-eared Owl

Count 1

Kurt Gaskill

species 245.

Franklin's Gull

Count 1

David Roberts

species 246.

Loggerhead Shrike

Count 1

Bill Hohenstein

species 247.

Brewer's Sparrow

Count 1

Larry Meade

species 248.

Glaucous Gull

Count X

Marc Ribaudo

species 249.

Common Redpoll

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 250.

Lapland Longspur

Count 1

David Boltz

species 251.

Anhinga

Count 1

Matthew O'Donnell

species 252.

Semipalmated Plover

Count 1

Nicolas Bircher

species 253.

Sandhill Crane

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 254.

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 255.

Rough-legged Hawk

Count 1

Kurt Gaskill

species 256.

Vermilion Flycatcher

Count 1

Marc Ribaudo

Exotic: Escapee

Muscovy Duck

Count 1

Pete Huffer

Monk Parakeet

Count 1

Rusty Moran

Budgerigar

Count 1

William Parkin

Hybrids

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)

Count 1

Bill Dries

Additional taxa

Buteo sp.

Count 1

Jim Pearson

gull sp.

Count 3

Eric W

duck sp.

Count 70

Jan Kool

crow sp.

Count 2

Phil Silas

tern sp.

Count 1

David Michnal

vireo sp.

Count 1

Karen Fairweather

swallow sp.

Count 2

Jim Pearson

new world vulture sp.

Count 1

Mike Cianciosi

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Count 1

Mike Cianciosi

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Count 7

Todd Kiraly

wren sp.

Count 1

Jim Pearson

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

Count 7

Rob Hilton

hawk sp.

Count 2

Mike Cianciosi

Mallard/American Black Duck

Count 1

Elise Manassee

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

Count 1

Elise Manassee

passerine sp.

Count 2

Susan Lawrence

Aythya sp.

Count 2500

Art Drauglis

falcon sp.

Count 1

Shawn MacDonnell

new world sparrow sp.

Count 3

Daniel Lebbin

owl sp.

Count 1

Jacob Roberts

swan sp.

Count 36

Mathew Wilson

blackbird sp.

Count 2

Rob Hilton

large shorebird sp.

Count 1

John Aleknavage

peep sp.

Count 1

John Aleknavage

new world warbler sp.

Count 1

Kevin Bennett

new world flycatcher sp.

Count 1

Jim Pearson

Empidonax sp.

Count 1

Jonathan Clark

Catharus sp.

Count 1

Jim Pearson

Spizella sp.

Count 1

Jim Pearson

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Count 1

Phil Kenny

Passerina sp.

Count 5

Kevin Ohagan

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Count 1

Mark and Tish Gionet/Tyson

goose sp.

Count 1

Jim Pearson

woodpecker sp.

Count 4

Pete Huffer

Setophaga sp.

Count 2

Chris Crowe

waterfowl sp.

Count 1000

Diego Casanova

diurnal raptor sp.

Count 1

Greyson Stewart

white egret sp.

Count 12

Coetzee Pretorius

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

Count 1

Ben Peters

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Count 1

J. Christopher Haney

dabbling duck sp.

Count 10

Scott Stafford

large rail sp.

Count 1

Lincoln Gray

bird sp.

Count 1

Seth Kellogg

shorebird sp.

Count 3

P. Lewis

Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

Count 1

Tommy Goodwin

House/Purple Finch

Count 1

Edward Eder

Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler

Count 1

Susan Bergeson

loon sp.

Count 3

Glen Gerada

Accipiter sp.

Count 1

Phil Silas

chickadee sp.

Count 1

Bill Hohenstein

small falcon sp.

Count 1

Bill Hohenstein

large tern sp.

Count 2

Scott Baron

rail/crake sp.

Count 1

Timothy Hodge

new world oriole sp.

Count 2

Scott Baron

grebe sp.

Count 12

Anonymous eBirder

teal sp.

Count 20

Scott Baron

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Explore recent checklists of birds in this area.
Observer	Date	Species
Modesto Santiago	24 Apr 2024	17
Brian Rademacher	24 Apr 2024	17
heather mcp	24 Apr 2024	45
Justin Puhl	24 Apr 2024	30
Alan Green	24 Apr 2024	54
Ethan Green	24 Apr 2024	51
David Frazelle	24 Apr 2024	52
Shawn MacDonnell	24 Apr 2024	37
Jeaninne MacDonnell	24 Apr 2024	37
Philip Mitchell	24 Apr 2024	23

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	John Aleknavage	211
2	Kurt Gaskill	209
2	Marc Ribaudo	209
4	Phil Silas	207
5	David Ledwith	204
6	Modesto Santiago	198
7	Evan Pannkuk	186
8	Toby Hardwick	182
9	Bill Hohenstein	180
10	Larry Meade	177
11	Rusty Moran	176
12	Elton Morel	174
12	David Boltz	174
14	Jim Pearson	173
15	Rusty Moran	172
16	Gerry Hawkins	169
17	Candice Lowther	168
18	Kim Peacock	166
18	Blake Gostelow	166
20	Dixie Sommers	165
21	Jay Keller	164
22	William Higgins	163
22	Kenneth Hunt	163
24	Michael Bowen	162
25	Bob Butterworth	161
25	Phil Kenny	161
25	Stacey Maggard	161
28	David Roberts	158
28	Russell Taylor	158
30	David S. Engelen	156
31	Sandra Farkas	154
31	Pete Huffer	154
33	Gerco Hoogeweg	153
33	Matt G	153
35	Todd Kiraly	152
35	Stephen Williams	152
35	Rick Purvis	152
38	ed phillips	151
39	Robert Young	150
40	David Larsen	149
41	Ben Jesup	147
41	Kevin Ohagan	147
43	Nathaniel Nye	146
44	Keith Maley	145
44	Jan Kool	145
46	Will McPhail	144
46	Erik Wilkins	144
48	hwi suh	143
48	Steve Bielamowicz	143
48	Glen Gerada	143