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["jeff clark" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There was a Bufflehead at Huntley Meadows this past Saturday (6/28/03).
According to the friends of Huntley Meadows website there has never been a
summer Bufflehead at Huntley Meadows.

----- Original Message -----
From: <KurtCapt87@xxxxxxx>
To: <dol_kee@xxxxxxx>; <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: [va-bird] June Bufflehead in No. VA.


> Lori and other readers,
> There are very few summer Bufflehead observations in No. VA of which I am
> aware.  Although the Dyke Marsh database for June goes back to 1986, there
are no
> records listed for Bufflehead save for two of the three No. VA records for
> this species that I can find.  A late May bird was recorded at Dyke Marsh
on
> 5/28/02.  An individual was noted 6/1/03 at OBNWR in Woodbridge.  Also,
there was
> a Dyke Marsh bird on 7/13/97.
>
> If readers know of other summer Bufflehead records, I would greatly
> appreciate learning that infomation.
>
> Based upon the data to-date, I would characterize a June Bufflehead
sighting
> as a very rare occurance, using the convention established by D. Sibley
(see
> "Birds of Cape May", CMBO (1993)) as this species is not yearly regular in
the
> Northern Virginia region and, when it does occur, is typically found in
very
> small numbers.  Let me also note that, with respect to Huntley Meadows,
even
> during migration Bufflehead occurance is uncommon and warrants mention.
>
> I observed the Huntley Meadows Bufflehead today, 6/30/03, at about 0830.
>
> Kurt Gaskill
>
>
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