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[Renee Grebe <grebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Visting the Huntley backside Saturday evening around 7:30pm, the first bird we 
got a good glimpse of was a Blue Grosbeak (my first!).  An Indigo Bunting sat 
right next to it giving me good comparisons in size and color (and beak!) 
between the two.

I also visited Hunltey frontside Saturday morning and got to see a Green Heron 
with his crown up, a grackle with a tiny frog in its mouth, bluebirds and 
common yellowthroats.

Sunday morning I couldn't help but return to Huntley backside - but there 
wasn't anything totally noteworthy to report.  Near the end of my walk, what I 
assume to be a Sharp-Shinned flew over the meadow and frightened a good dozen 
Goldfinches out of the brush!

If it weren't for those darn buzzing flies, it might have been the perfect 
birding weekend with this great mild weather.

-Renee Grebe
 Alexandria, VA

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