FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: Recent arrivals at Huntley and a late interior oldsquaw report

[Frederick Atwood <fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Northern Virginia Teen Bird Club can add Palm
Warbler near tower and Cooper's Hawk to the Sat
AM list for Huntley Meadows. Beyond the tower we
had 4 male and 4 female wood ducks.  Several
rough-winged swallows and tree swallows were
flying around the marsh.

--- Pam Koger-Jesup and Ben Jesup <breep@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 1. A reputable source (an experienced hunter
> and former FWS official) told
> me that he saw an oldsquaw on a pond in Loudon
> County last weekend.  It was
> a male molting into summer plumage on a small
> pond off of Rte. 287 (Berlin
> Turnpike).  The pond is immediately after a
> larger pond that often has swans
> in it.  Presumably it is long gone, but it is
> an interesting location.
> 
> 2. The warm weather pulled in a few new species
> at Huntley (YELLOWTHROAT and
> THRASHER).  PINE WARBLERS must still be moving
> - I saw a couple of very drab
> females in places where they do not
> traditionally breed.  Shorebird numbers
> are building: 33 SNIPE, 5 PECTORAL, 2 GR.
> YELLOWLEGS, and 1 KILLDEER.  Also
> in the wetland were 2 female RING-NECKED DUCKS.
>  Other notables:
> 
> Red-shoulder 1
> Sharpie 1
> PB grebe 2
> Green-winged teal 30 (no shovelers)
> Wood duck 2
> Hooded merg 2
> Barred owl 1
> Flicker 12
> Phoebe 6
> GC kinglet 9
> Yellow-rump 3 (a three-warbler day!)
> Song sparrow 5
> Swamp 10
> White-throated 10
> Field 15
> Junco 2
> Towhee 4
> Rusty BB 15 (I may have missed the morning
> commute, as I got to the wetland
> a bit after sunrise)
> 
> Ben Jesup
> Alexandria
> 
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