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Native and Naturalized (124)

  1. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  2. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  3. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  4. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sandra Farkas
    Location: Belle Haven Park--Marina
  5. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  6. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: John Sherwood
    Location: US-Virginia-Great Falls-8909 Weant Dr - 39.014x-77.253
  7. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  8. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Laura Beth Hooper
    Location: Sunrise Valley Park (Herndon Monroe Wetland Preserve)
  9. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  10. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  11. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  12. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  13. King Rail Rallus elegans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chad Ludwig
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  14. Sora Porzana carolina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Young
    Location: Lake Fairfax Park
  15. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  16. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Todd Kiraly
    Location: Hunting Creek Bridge
  17. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Blake Gostelow
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  18. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: David Ledwith
    Location: Belle Haven Park--North Parking Area
  19. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Wallace
    Location: Hunting Creek Bridge
  20. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Ann West
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  21. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gary Graves
    Location: Hunting Creek Bridge
  22. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Lake Thoreau
  23. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joanne and David Bauer
    Location: Walker Nature Center--Reston
  24. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Byron Swift
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  25. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: JP Mullen
    Location: Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck NWR
  26. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul and Joan Woodward
    Location: Vienna Reservoir
  27. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Byron Swift
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  28. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Clark Tenney
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  29. Green Heron Butorides virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  30. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Laura Beth Hooper
    Location: Sunrise Valley Park (Herndon Monroe Wetland Preserve)
  31. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  32. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  33. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Bennett
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  34. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  35. Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Frederick Atwood
    Location: Flint Hill School - West Campus
  36. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  37. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  38. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  39. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: A Stocking
    Location: Sallie Mae Ponds
  40. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Shawn Pfautsch
    Location: George Washington's Mount Vernon
  41. Barred Owl Strix varia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  42. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  43. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stan Arnold
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  44. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  45. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  46. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  47. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  48. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  49. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BRIAN HANSEN
    Location: Fairfax County Parkway Trail--Stream Corridor
  50. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  51. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  52. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  53. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Laura Beth Hooper
    Location: Sunrise Valley Park (Herndon Monroe Wetland Preserve)
  54. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  55. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  56. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  57. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Mittermeier
    Location: 22066, Great Falls US-VA 39.04943, -77.30300
  58. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  59. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  60. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  61. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  62. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  63. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Leena M
    Location: Sully Woodlands
  64. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  65. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  66. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  67. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: A Stocking
    Location: Hidden Creek Country Club (private)
  68. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Bennett
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  69. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  70. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chad Ludwig
    Location: Bull Run Marina Regional Park
  71. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  72. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  73. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  74. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  75. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Gregory McDermott
    Location: Yard - Alexandria (Huntington)
  76. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  77. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  78. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  79. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  80. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Tessein
    Location: Fred Crabtree Park
  81. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  82. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Burton
    Location: The Pink Trail--North Hills Picnic Pavilion
  83. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  84. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  85. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  86. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  87. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joanne and David Bauer
    Location: Walker Nature Center--Reston
  88. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tara Hayward
    Location: Meadowood Recreation Area--Mustang Trailhead
  89. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ellison Orcutt
    Location: Wakefield Park, Annandale US-VA 38.82104, -77.22438
  90. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  91. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  92. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Studholme
    Location: Meadowood Recreation Area
  93. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  94. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  95. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  96. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  97. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  98. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  99. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  100. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Clark
    Location: Burke Lake Park
  101. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Megan Massa
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  102. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Kowalski
    Location: South Run Stream Valley Trail--South Run Park to Burke Lake
  103. Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: P.W. Boyd
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  104. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Natalie Brennan
    Location: Riverbend Park
  105. Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  106. Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  107. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Jesup
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  108. Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Newberry
    Location: Club Newberry
  109. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  110. Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  111. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  112. Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Kenny
    Location: Home: 1731 Killarney Ct Vienna VA
  113. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  114. Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  115. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Young
    Location: Lake Fairfax Park
  116. Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Falk
    Location: Mason Neck SP--Bay View Trail
  117. Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ashley Studholme
    Location: Meadowood Recreation Area
  118. Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  119. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chad Ludwig
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  120. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Bennett
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  121. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: G Clausen
    Location: Shellbark
  122. Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Gaskill
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)
  123. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kay Bushman
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  124. Dickcissel Spiza americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlene Fan
    Location: Fairfax County Landfill (restricted access)

Exotic: Escapee (1)

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

Additional Taxa (11)

  1. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: D Woolverton
    Location: Difficult Run Stream Valley Park (Great Falls)
  2. shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Justin Cober-Lake
    Location: Great Falls Park
  3. new world vulture sp. Cathartidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Cianciosi
    Location: Frying Pan Farm Park
  4. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Wren Falcon
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail
  5. Downy/Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens/villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Cianciosi
    Location: **HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK
  6. woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Baron
    Location: Lake Accotink Park
  7. Empidonax sp. Empidonax sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Mittermeier
    Location: 432 Walker Rd, Great Falls US-VA 39.01699, -77.29423
  8. American/Fish Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos/ossifragus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lebbin
    Location: Capital Beltway N, McLean US-VA 38.93568, -77.20794
  9. crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Eder
    Location: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
  10. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Cianciosi
    Location: Lake Accotink Park
  11. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Imbergamo
    Location: Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail