The Birds of Arlington Village

 

American Crow family, Arlington Village Ravine, January 2011 (Photo by Rodney Olsen)

In 2007, Andrea Vojtko of Arlington Village compiled a bird list that helped Joanne Wagner, a member of the Environmental Resources Committee at that time, obtain recognition of the Arlington Village ravine as a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.  Andrea has generously shared her wonderful list with us.  We hope that it might provide a stimulus for the formation of a birding group in the village that would monitor the birds that come and go and stay in Arlington Village.  A prime purpose of our ravine restoration project is to restore a native habitat in the ravine that supports our native birds.  Regular monitoring of the birds of Arlington Village would provide an important measure of our progress.  Please respond to this post if you are interested in being a part of an Arlington Village birding group, and look for an announcement of a future organizational meeting.

 Andrea explains more about her list:  These are birds that I observed at various places in Arlington Village in 2007. I was a longtime birder and am still a member of the Audubon Naturalist Society, Northern Virginia Bird Club, and Friends of Dyke Marsh. Perhaps a new group of birders in Arlington Village can be formed for the next Spring migration to add to this list which I’m sure is incomplete. The more pairs of eyes looking for birds, especially during the migration period, the more likely you are to increase the number on the list.

ARLINGTON VILLAGE BIRDS – Revised 2007
1	Great Blue Heron
2	Turkey Vulture
3	Mallard
4	Red-tailed Hawk
5	Mourning Dove
6	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
7	Common Nighthawk
8	Chimney Swift
9	Ruby-throated hummingbird
10	Red-bellied Woodpecker
11	Downy Woodpecker
12	Hairy Woodpecker
13	Northern Flicker
14	Pileated Woodpecker
15	Eastern Wood-Pewee
16	Eastern Phoebe
17	Great Crested Flycatcher
18	Red-eyed Vireo
19	Blue Jay
20	American Crow
21	Fish Crow
22	Carolina Chickadee
23	Tufted Titmouse
24	White-breasted Nuthatch
25	Carolina Wren
26	House Wren
27	Golden-crowned Kinglet
28	Veery
29	Hermit Thrush
30	Wood Thrush
31	American Robin
32	Gray Catbird
33	Northern Mockingbird
34	Brown Thrasher
35	European Starling
36	Cedar Waxwing
37	Magnolia Warbler
38	Black-throated Blue Warbler
39	Yellow-rumped Warbler
40	Blackpoll Warbler
41	Cerulean Warbler
42	American Redstart
43	Ovenbird
44	Northern Waterthrush
45	Common Yellowthroat
46	Scarlet Tanager
47	Eastern Towhee
48	American Tree Sparrow
49	Chipping Sparrow
50	Field Sparrow
51	Song Sparrow
52	White-throated Sparrow
53	Dark-eyed Junco
54	Northern Cardinal
55	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
56	Red-winged Blackbird
57	Common Grackle
58	Boat-tailed Grackle
59	Brown-headed Cowbird
60	Baltimore Oriole
61	House Finch
62	American Goldfinch
63	House Sparrow

Notes:

a) Birds were seen nesting in, passing over or through the Arlington Village area, many during the bird migration periods.

b) It is probable that several other species can be added to the list since a number of relatively common birds are missing from the list.  Thus, I anticipate that the list will grow over time.

c) Birds are listed in same order as on Birds of Virginia cards distributed by Virginia Society of Ornithology.