FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Huntley Meadows, 4/2/02

["Paula M. Sullivan" <paulas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Laura Catterton has been having trouble posting to this list and asked
me to forward her report of yesterday, April 2.

> Greetings,
>
> At 6:15 this morning at Huntley Meadows, I watched a pair of Yellow-crowned 
> Night Herons near the beginning of the boardwalk, feeding on some
> really long worms. What's that expression about the early bird...? I observed 
> them at close range for twenty minutes and during that time, small
> flocks of Rusty Blackbirds streamed across the marsh, landing in the treetops 
> near the YCNH. I estimate about 100 Rusties. What a nice early
> morning treat! I had the place to myself from 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
>
> Other highlights of the morning: Great Egret (2), Am. Wigeon (2), Blue-winged 
> Teal (1), GW Teal (15), N. Harrier (1), Bald Eagle (1 adult), C. Snipe (7),
> Red-headed WP (2), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1), N. Rough-winged Swallow (3), 
> Tree Swallow (6), Brown Creeper (2), Winter Wren (1), plus many
> singing Swamp Sparrows and Am. Goldfinch. I missed the Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 
> and Palm Warbler seen by others.
>
> Congratulations, Maryland Terps!
>
> Laura Catterton
> Manassas, Virginia
>

Paula Sullivan
Alexandria



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