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Birds Of Manassas Battlefield
Friends of Manassas National Battlefield Park
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 Welcome to the birding section of the Friends of Manassas National Battlefield Park web site. Located in Virginia's Piedmont, the 5000 acres that comprise the park offer visitors outstanding opportunities to discover birds at almost any time of the year. We hope to introduce you to "birding" the extensive grassy fields, rolling meadows, woodlands, streams, and ponds. You will find the park has both equestrian and hiking trails that provide good access to these varied habitats.
While touring the Battlefield to learn about the park's Civil War history, your visit can be enriched with the glimpse of a warbler in the spring, a thrush in the summer, a sparrow in the fall, or a hawk in the winter. You might even see Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Meadowlarks from the parking lot of the Visitor's Center! If you are a more experienced birder, you can explore the park with good expectations of finding such interesting birds as Acadian Flycatchers, Wood Thrush, Prairie Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Field and Grasshopper Sparrows. All these birds nest in the park, but have been designated as "species of concern" by Partners in Flight because they are experiencing declines in population, loss of habitat, or other threats. With the changing seasons, migrant birds arrive and depart, but you can find many species that stay in the park all year long. A recent inventory of bird life in the park found 155 species present at some time during the year. A summary table of that inventory and other information on birding at Manassas National Battlefield Park can be found here. Whether you are a casual bird watcher or a serious birder, we hope you will find this information useful when planning your trip to visit the Manassas National Battlefield Park. |
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The following table summarizes data collected by volunteers during two surveys at Manassas Battlefield Park: an 18-month long National Park Service-sponsored Bird Inventory conducted in 2001-02, and the Christmas Bird Count of Dec. 22, 2002. Also included are some additional data gathered from Oct. to Dec. The database created to capture all of this information was a volunteer project and was not sponsored or corroborated by the NPS. A full report on the NPS survey and the database project can be found at Manassas National Battlefield Park Bird Survey Report.
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