There was a Bufflehead at Huntley Meadows this past Saturday (6/28/03).
According to the friends of Huntley Meadows website there has never been a
summer Bufflehead at Huntley Meadows.
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From: <KurtCapt87@xxxxxxx>
To: <dol_kee@xxxxxxx>; <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: [va-bird] June Bufflehead in No. VA.
Lori and other readers,are no
There are very few summer Bufflehead observations in No. VA of which I am
aware. Although the Dyke Marsh database for June goes back to 1986, there
records listed for Bufflehead save for two of the three No. VA records foron
this species that I can find. A late May bird was recorded at Dyke Marsh
5/28/02. An individual was noted 6/1/03 at OBNWR in Woodbridge. Also,there was
a Dyke Marsh bird on 7/13/97.sighting
If readers know of other summer Bufflehead records, I would greatly
appreciate learning that infomation.
Based upon the data to-date, I would characterize a June Bufflehead
as a very rare occurance, using the convention established by D. Sibley(see
"Birds of Cape May", CMBO (1993)) as this species is not yearly regular inthe
Northern Virginia region and, when it does occur, is typically found invery
small numbers. Let me also note that, with respect to Huntley Meadows,even
during migration Bufflehead occurance is uncommon and warrants mention.email to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe, send email to
I observed the Huntley Meadows Bufflehead today, 6/30/03, at about 0830.
Kurt Gaskill
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