FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] NVBC at Huntley Meadows 9 October 04--trip report

["Steve Williams" <stvwllms@xxxxxxx>]

Ten birders including co-leaders Glen Gerada and myself enjoyed a beautiful
fall morning at Huntley this morning.  The highlight was a group of 5 snipe
hiding in plain sight between the boardwalk and the central pond.  Their
plumage matched the mixed vegetation and dead tree stumps so perfectly that
only a very good spot discovered two of them.  The rest were discovered in
the same scope view(!) over the next few minutes.  Other than some Montezuma
quail in Arizona I have never seen birds more perfectly camouflaged. Other
interesting birds included two adult and one immature Red-headed WP in the
dead trees at the end of the boardwalk. A complete list of 45 species
follows:

GB Heron        3
Gr Egret        7
Can Geese       6
Mallard 2
GW Teal 1
Bald Eagle      1
S Shin Hawk     1
Cooper's        1
RSh Hawk        1
RTail Hawk      1
Killdeer        7
G Yellowleg     9
L Yellowleg     2
W Snipe 5
Mo Dove 3
Chimney Swf     10
Kingfisher      2
R-headed WP     3
R-belliedWP 3
Downy WP        2
N Flicker       6
Pileated WP     H
E Phoebe        2
Blue Jay        30
A Crow  1
NRW swallow     1
C chickadee     4
Titmouse        8
WB nuthatch     4 (H)
C Wren  4
GC Kinglet      1
E Bluebird      4
A Robin 10
E Starling      20
YR warbler      1
Palm Warb       2
E towhee        H
Song Sp 9
Swamp Sp        1
White-th Sp     10
N Cardinal      10
R-winged BB     200
C Grackle       100
B-h Cowbird     2
A Goldfinch 6

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