I saw a Kestral there last Saturday - also a wonderful treat!
I was there this morning as well, albeit a bit later - didn't arrive until
about
7:30am. The highlights for me were my first two Brown Thrashers (on the
"informal"
path just beyond the lookout tower) and two Barred Owls calling to each other
across
the marsh, also off the informal trail.
It was so humid out there this morning that my binoculars kept fogging up! I
eventually just appreciated the sounds around me (boy, do I really need to
learn my
bird calls!) and had a nice long walk.
-Renee Grebe
Alexandria, VA
---- Original Message ----
From: PlanetWaves99@xxxxxxx
Date: Sat 4/13/02 8:06
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-bird] Huntley Meadows - saturday am
I met Ben Jesup, Jim Mathews and Jason Wanders on the boardwalk at Huntley
this morning at 6 am. While a true sunrise never came, we still had some
pretty good birds. Here are the highlights:
Yellow Crowned Night Heron - 3
American Bittern (seen by Ben before the rest of us got there)
Green Heron (along Barnyard Run)
Snipe - 4
Am. Coot - 1
Common Loon - 1 flyover
Tree and N. Rough Winged Swallows
Chimney Swifts - 2
American Kestral - 1 male (along Barnyard Run)
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Rusty Blackbirds- 50
And the rest of the usual stuff.
The Kingbird and Green Heron were new for the year for all of us and the
Kestral was a nice treat. I haven't seen one at Huntley in a long time.
Bart Hutchinson
Alexandria, VA
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