FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Huntley Meadows walk for 7 October

["Larry Cartwright" <prowarbler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Despite the cloudy and windy weather conditions, the Northern Virginia Bird 
Club had a fairly interesting walk at Huntley Meadows today.  Highlights 
included a female Northern Harrier cruising the marsh for lunch, 3 Ospreys, a 
Common Snipe flying overhead, both kinglet species, and six species of 
warblers, including 19 Palm Warblers in the marsh.  Sparrow numbers are still 
fairly low.  

The numbers for the Club's records are listed below.  

Canada Goose         100
Mallard                        8
Green-winged Teal       3
Turkey Vulture             2
Osprey                        3

Northern Harrier           1
Red-shouldered Hawk    1
Red-tailed Hawk            2
American Kestrel          1
Common Snipe             1

Mourning Dove             2
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Downy Woodpecker       3
Northern Flicker            5
Eastern Wood-Pewee   2

Blue Jay                      7
American Crow             1
Tree Swallow                25
Carolina Chickadee    20
Tufted Titmouse           2 

White-breasted Nuthatch   3
Carolina Wren            7
Golden-crowned Kinglet   1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     7
Eastern Bluebird          1

Gray Catbird             9
Northern Mockingbird   1
Brown Thrasher           1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler       10

Black-throated Green Warbler   1
Palm Warbler              19
Ovenbird                      1
Common Yellowthroat    4
Song Sparrow              4

Swamp Sparrow          3
White-throated Sparrow   15
White-crowned Sparrow    3
Northern Cardinal            18
Red-winged Blackbird       225

Common Grackle              1
House Finch                     2
American Goldfinch          12

Larry Cartwright
prowarbler@xxxxxxxxxxx