FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: Today at Huntley Meadows, Alexandria, VA

[deapesh misra <deapesh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Larry Meade and myself have these bird names to add:

* American Robins
* Ruby Throated Hummingbirds
        -there seemed to be one juvenile which was   learning
to ward off other Humming birds from its territory. We
were able to see a number of them today.
* Red Eyed Vireo (heard)
* Indigo Bunting
* Red Winged Blackbird
* Large Egrets
* Turkey Vulture (was seen flying over the parking
lot)
* Green Herons

The icing on the cake was at the parking lot where we
saw:
* Coopers Hawk (3)
        -one of them seemed to be mock diving at the other
one.they circled overhead for a long time giving us
and 2 other birdwatchers a very good look. It seemed
to me that atleast one of them, when seen against the
light had a dark band running across its wings from
the "wrist" region right upto the scondaries.

Also one little N.Cardinal was seen in its shallow
nest, calling out continously with a tri-note call.

Deapesh.
Fairfax.


>Leni Friedman
>wrote:
>>several northern cardinals
>>one northern catbirdt
>>a Carolina wren
>>lots of still-vivid American goldfinches

>Jay Keller
>wrote:
>>Pied-billed Grebe (1)
>>Mallard (7)
>>Canada Goose (65)
>>Chimney Swift (10+)
>>Laughing Gull (4)
>>Great Egret (3)
>>Great Blue Heron (3)
>>Green Heron (9)
>>Downy Woodpecker (1)
>>Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
>>Red-shouldered Hawk (3)
>>Red-tailed Hawk (1)
>>Osprey (2+)
>>Spotted Sandpiper (1)
>>Least Sandpiper (2+)
>>Barn Swallow (dozens)
>>American Robin (1)
>>Mockingbird (1 imm)
>>Brown Thrasher (1)
>>Eastern Phoebe (2)
>>Common Yellowthroat (2)


                
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