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[UberLarry@xxxxxxx]

    This afternoon I explored the Hike Bike Trail (at the Telegraph Road 
entrance) at Huntley Meadows.  The best birds I saw were three Yellow Breasted 
Chats and a Blue Grosbeak at what is known as the Woodcock Meadow.  It's the 
meadow with the big brush piles which currently has a sign about the cicadas.
    I also saw an entire family of Common Yellowthroats on what appeared to 
be a family outing.  I first came upon a baby who had recently fledged and was 
sitting on a small bush not 10 feet from me.  Then I saw another baby, and 
soon both Mom and Dad showed up.  I thought I heard one of the young warblers 
saying something like "Are we there yet?", but perhaps it was just my 
imagination.
   Other birds of note were a Yellow Billed Cuckoo, an Ovenbird, and several 
Acadian Flycatchers.  If you venture out where I was, beware of deer flies and 
dive bombing Tree Swallows.

Larry Meade
Vienna VA


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