Birding
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park
804-561-7510, SailorsCreek@dcr.virginia.gov
Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park is in central Virginia (Piedmont).
Type of birds
Meadowlark, towhee, kestrel, northern harrier,cormorant, great blue heron, junco, crow, warbler, cardinal, nuthatch, wren,indigo bunting, tanager, red-tailed hawk, robin, mockingbird, sparrow, vireo,phoebe, oriole, grosbeak, flycatcher, sapsucker, woodpecker, mallard, starling,hummingbird, chickadee, turkey, finch, bluebird and many other species call the park home.Best time of year to observe
Sightings vary seasonally as various species migrate.Best places in the park to observe
Several trails here offer views of creek valley hillsides, scrub brush, grasslands, thickets and forested areas frequented by a variety of birds.Special birding programs and events
Sailor's Creek Battlefield offers at least one major program dedicated to specific birds or classes of birds (e.g., birds of prey) each year.Recent blogs about Birds
- A birder’s top 5 Virginia State Parks for birding
- 5 ways to experience High Bridge Trail State Park
- Birding festival 1st weekend in May at Hungry Mother to honor longtime volunteer Randy Smith
- Exploring the new additions to New River Trail State Park
- A "heronious" point of view: great blue herons are nesting
- More recent blogs about Birds.
