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    Date
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Native and Naturalized (124)

  1. Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  2. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  3. King Rail Rallus elegans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chad Ludwig
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  4. Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Owen Gambill
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  5. Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: P.W. Boyd
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  6. Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stan Arnold
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  7. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Shawn Pfautsch
    Location: George Washington's Mount Vernon
  8. Sora Porzana carolina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Young
    Location: Lake Fairfax Park
  9. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Young
    Location: Lake Fairfax Park
  10. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Ann West
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  11. Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Newberry
    Location: Club Newberry
  12. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Byron Swift
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  13. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Byron Swift
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  14. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Ledwith
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  15. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adit Nehra
    Location: Reston Town Center (Peregrine Falcon spot)
  16. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul and Joan Woodward
    Location: Vienna Reservoir
  17. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: David Ledwith
    Location: Belle Haven Park--North Parking Area
  18. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: David Ledwith
    Location: Belle Haven Park--North Parking Area
  19. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul jordan
    Location: Folly Lick Stream Valley Park
  20. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh Powell
    Location: Hemlock Overlook Regional Park
  21. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Lake Thoreau
  22. Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Mease
    Location: Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge
  23. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Mease
    Location: Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck NWR
  24. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandra Farkas
    Location: Belle Haven Park--Marina
  25. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sandra Farkas
    Location: Belle Haven Park--Marina
  26. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  27. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ellison Orcutt
    Location: Wakefield Park, Annandale US-VA 38.82104, -77.22438
  28. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: J Ashe
    Location: Vienna Reservoir
  29. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Roback
    Location: Lake Accotink Park
  30. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peyton Stone
    Location: Seneca Regional Park
  31. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stan Arnold
    Location: Wakefield Park
  32. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul and Joan Woodward
    Location: Kincheloe Road
  33. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul and Joan Woodward
    Location: Kincheloe Road
  34. Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ivy Carter
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Cedar Trail Loop
  35. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janis Stone
    Location: Great Falls Park
  36. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cristina Pereira
    Location: Difficult Run Stream Valley Park (Georgetown Pike)
  37. Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Silas
    Location: Meadowood: Stables & Field Office
  38. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Great Falls Park
  39. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Great Falls Park
  40. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Frederick Atwood
    Location: Flint Hill School - West Campus
  41. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Cianciosi
    Location: Mantua Park
  42. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adit Nehra
    Location: Riverbend Park
  43. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adit Nehra
    Location: 3404 Blakesley Hall Ct, Herndon US-VA 38.89564, -77.39168
  44. Barred Owl Strix varia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Wake
    Location: Eakin Community Park
  45. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  46. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Paul and Joan Woodward
    Location: Poplar Ford Park
  47. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul and Joan Woodward
    Location: Poplar Ford Park
  48. Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Paul and Joan Woodward
    Location: Poplar Ford Park
  49. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stan Arnold
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  50. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Silas
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  51. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Leavitt
    Location: Lake Fairfax Park
  52. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Leavitt
    Location: Lake Fairfax Park
  53. Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Leavitt
    Location: Lake Fairfax Park
  54. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Clark
    Location: The Potomac School, McLean US-VA (38.9348,-77.1548)
  55. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Pete Huffer
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  56. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Kenny
    Location: Home: 1731 Killarney Ct Vienna VA
  57. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jennifer and Zayn Shah
    Location: Burke Lake Park
  58. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jennifer and Zayn Shah
    Location: Burke Lake Park
  59. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Jennifer and Zayn Shah
    Location: Burke Lake Park
  60. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Seth Honig
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  61. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Seth Honig
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  62. Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Seth Honig
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  63. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Pete Huffer
    Location: Hunting Creek Bridge
  64. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Pete Huffer
    Location: Hunting Creek Bridge
  65. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Molly Herrmann
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  66. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Molly Herrmann
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  67. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Molly Herrmann
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  68. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Molly Herrmann
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  69. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Molly Herrmann
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  70. Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Molly Herrmann
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  71. Dickcissel Spiza americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Molly Herrmann
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  72. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Lease
    Location: 13520 Gray Bill Court, Clifton, Virginia, US (38.838, -77.414)
  73. Green Heron Butorides virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Baron
    Location: Hidden Pond Park
  74. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Baron
    Location: Hidden Pond Park
  75. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robin Duska
    Location: The Turquoise Trail
  76. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Mayer
    Location: Fairfax Hills Park
  77. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Mayer
    Location: Fairfax Hills Park
  78. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch
  79. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Harriet Marble
    Location: 5401 Jennifer Dr, Fairfax US-VA 38.80428, -77.30737
  80. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Gutzke
    Location: George Washington's Mount Vernon
  81. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch
  82. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  83. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  84. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  85. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  86. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  87. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  88. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  89. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  90. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  91. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  92. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  93. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  94. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  95. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  96. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  97. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robin Duska
    Location: South Reston Neighborhood
  98. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  99. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  100. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  101. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  102. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Sola
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  103. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: arun kumar
    Location: Freedom Hill park
  104. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: arun kumar
    Location: Freedom Hill park
  105. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: arun kumar
    Location: Freedom Hill park
  106. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: arun kumar
    Location: Freedom Hill park
  107. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: arun kumar
    Location: Freedom Hill park
  108. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: arun kumar
    Location: Freedom Hill park
  109. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: 307 Johnson St SW, Vienna US-VA
  110. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: 307 Johnson St SW, Vienna US-VA
  111. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: 307 Johnson St SW, Vienna US-VA
  112. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: 307 Johnson St SW, Vienna US-VA
  113. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: 307 Johnson St SW, Vienna US-VA
  114. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: 307 Johnson St SW, Vienna US-VA
  115. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: 307 Johnson St SW, Vienna US-VA
  116. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lauren Cooper
    Location: 3917 Moss Drive, Annandale, Virginia, US (38.837, -77.182)
  117. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lauren Cooper
    Location: 3917 Moss Drive, Annandale, Virginia, US (38.837, -77.182)
  118. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jennifer and Zayn Shah
    Location: I-66 E, Fairfax US-VA 38.86766, -77.31395
  119. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch
  120. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch
  121. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch
  122. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch
  123. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch
  124. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Liebman
    Location: Westchester Patch

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Nguyen
    Location: Lake Accotink Park

Additional Taxa (11)

  1. American/Fish Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos/ossifragus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: Capital Beltway N, McLean US-VA 38.93568, -77.20794
  2. Empidonax sp. Empidonax sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Bogue
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  3. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Imbergamo
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  4. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Bogue
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  5. new world vulture sp. Cathartidae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Cianciosi
    Location: Great Falls Park
  6. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: D Woolverton
    Location: Difficult Run Stream Valley Park (Great Falls)
  7. crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Glen Gerada
    Location: Arrowbrook Park
  8. woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Declan Gilmer
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  9. shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Great Falls Park
  10. Downy/Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens/villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Cianciosi
    Location: Mantua Park
  11. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Baron
    Location: Hidden Pond Park