Gentle Readers,
Mary Floyd, and Ann-Marie Mapes led a group of twelve birders at Huntley
Meadows Park yesterday, 08/30/04, morning at 0700. The hot, sunny day yielded
few surprises -- it was a typical late summer day at the Park. Notable was the
total absence of Red-winged Blackbirds; these birds are presumably enjoying a
repast of wild rice along the banks of Virginia's streams.
Number Common Name
3 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
1 Little Blue Heron
6 Green Heron
33 Canada Goose
12 Mallard
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
3 Killdeer
3 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Ring-billed Gull
3 Caspian Tern
7 Mourning Dove
21 Chimney Swift
2 Belted Kingfisher
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker
3 Pileated Woodpecker
4 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Acadian Flycatcher
3 Eastern Phoebe
3 Great Crested Flycatcher
3 Eastern Kingbird
2 Tree Swallow
1 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Carolina Wren
40 American Robin
6 Gray Catbird
2 Northern Mockingbird
3 European Starling
4 Red-eyed Vireo
4 Common Yellowthroat
4 Northern Cardinal
1 Song Sparrow
2 Common Grackle
0 Red-winged Blackbird
52 American Goldfinch
Huntley Meadows Park can be reached from the Beltway by driving south on US
Route 1 approximately three miles to Lockheed Boulevard. Turn right on
Lockheed Boulevard and proceed to the intersection of Lockheed and Harrison
Lane. The Park entrance is on the left.
The regularly scheduled Monday Morning Birdwalk is open to all; the group meets
at 0700 in the Visitor's Center Parking Lot.
For information about this and other programs at Huntley Meadows Park, please
call the Staff at 703-768-2525.
Frederic D. Bogar
Park Volunteer
703-768-3793
Alexandria, VA
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