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["Harry & Melitta Glasgow" <aglasgow@xxxxxxx>]

This morning's Monday birdwalk at Huntley Meadows started a perfect, early fall 
day.  Crisp air, a light mist on the wetland, emerging color, and spider webs 
beautifully decorated with the morning dew greeted the 12 Birders who spotted 
56 species this morning. Migrants dominated the walk today, with an unusually 
large flock of Palm Warblers, with some Yellow Rumped Warblers mixed in, were 
the highlight in the wetland, while an almost whimsical sight of two 
Red-shouldered Hawks sitting side by side on a limb created the appearance of a 
couple of friends having a conversation while watching the world go by.


Canada Goose     62
Mallard     6
Great Blue Heron     2
Great Egret     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Solitary Sandpiper     1
Pectoral Sandpiper     1
Wilson's Snipe     2
Mourning Dove     9
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
Barred Owl     1
Chimney Swift     4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     5
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     5
Eastern Phoebe     6
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     23
Carolina Chickadee     12
Tufted Titmouse     8
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
Carolina Wren     6
Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Eastern Bluebird     6
Gray-cheeked Thrush     1
American Robin     5
Gray Catbird     4
Northern Parula     2
Magnolia Warbler     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
Palm Warbler     20
Blackpoll Warbler     1
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     4
Eastern Towhee     2
Field Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     12
Swamp Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
Blue Grosbeak     1
Indigo Bunting     1
Red-winged Blackbird     150+
Common Grackle     1
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
American Goldfinch     12
House Sparrow     1


The Monday Morning birdwalk has been a weekly event at Huntley Meadows since 
1985.  It takes place every week, rain or shine, at 7 AM, is free of charge, 
requires no reservation, and is open to all.  Birders meet in the parking lot 
at the Park's entrance at 3701 Lockheed Blvd, Alexandria, VA.  For more 
information call the Park at (703) 768-2525.

Harry Glasgow
Friends of Huntley Meadows Park