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[Ellen O'Donohue <kelpgull@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings all,

     At around noontime, having seen the fairly quiet marsh area, we opted for 
the Cedar trail.  Just beyond the largest fallen tree, we were lucky to have 
seen a family of ovenbirds.  Two young birds gave us great looks at their head 
markings as they stretched.  Off to the left of the trail, looking back around 
7:00 just after the fallen tree.  Large group evident in the deeper woods.

    One muskrat fooling around near the wetlands south of the observation deck. 
 One Black Crowned Night Heron in flight, one osprey in flight.

    It was a quiet day for birds, but butterflies, damsels and dragonflies were 
in charge.

Ellen O'Donohue
Vienna VA

    
   
> 
> From: deapesh misra <deapesh@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/08/08 Sun AM 04:33:01 GMT
> To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [va-bird] Re: Today at Huntley Meadows, Alexandria, VA
> 
> 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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