Guide to the Birds of Arlington, VA
How our bird guide works
All of the information in this guide is gathered by us students, Maxwell and Danté, from Arlington VA or gathered from reliable sources, then cited. We visit Bluemont Park, Glencarlyn Park, Arlington Forest Park, Lubber Run Park, Long Branch Park, and the surrounding areas. We take videos, photos, and lots of field notes to present you this field guide. In the guide you will find all of the birds that are in the Arlington area. We will also create articles on how to help preserve our environment, as well as fun articles, and descriptions of the parts of the parks that we cover. All of the videos and photos are created by us, and we hope you enjoy our field guide!
If you want more information on how to use the guide this may help
Questions?
What do those dots under an image mean?
The dots mean that there are multiple images in that one place. If you were to click on the right side of the image, where an arrow should appear, it will cycle to the next image. The number of dots under an image is the number of images in that gallery.
How do I navigate this guide?
If you are using phone, then the navigation bar will appear after you press the three horizontal lines in the top left.
If you are on tablet or computer, then the navigation bar should appear at the top of your screen.
If you are wondering how to find the bird you are looking for on the "Guide" tab, then this should help:
The birds types are listed at the top of the page, and if you scroll down, the will appear in that order. The bird classes are also links to further down the page.
For the more obscure bird classifications such as Icterids, Corvids, Thrashers, Thrushes, and Creepers:
Icterids are birds such as Grackles and Orioles, and are robin sized usually with a pointy bill.
Corvids are birds such as crows and jays and are medium (Blue Jay) to large (Northern Raven) in size.
Thrashers are birds like Mockingbirds and Catbirds that are about robin sized, and have curved bills.
Thrushes include robins, and most of the ones we can see look just like robins, but with different coloration, typically with a brown, tan, or rufous back, wings, tail and cap with white a belly, usually speckled with brown.
Creepers are similar to small woodpeckers, yet they resemble Wrens and/or Nuthatches.
How often is your content updated/changed?
Our contents has to do specifically with what we observe when we are out birding. We go birding often, so the guide will be updated at least weekly. There may be a dramatic decrease in how often it is updated by the end of summer (a.k.a start of school year) but we still should be able to get outdoors and continue our research weekly.
Is this a school project?
Despite popular belief, this is not a school project! We do this out of our own will and our interest in birds! we also want to make people aware of how quickly our planet is dying and how easily we can make a big difference.
Why is there so little content for some birds, but lots on others?
As mentioned before, we collect all of this information ourselves. Whatever we gather in the field, we put in the guide. So if there is more information on some birds, and less on others, that would be why.
How can I contact you guys?
You can contact us at birdersguideswarlingtonva@gmail.com and we can help you with identifications, listen to your ideas and suggestions, fix the mistakes you have noticed, or simply just say hi.
Articles:
The above are just some of our articles, to see more click here!