Two of the roadside stops for my USGS BBS route
(Taylorstown through Waterford and Leesburg to
route 15) are at opposite ends of the Dulles
Wetlands Mitigation site.
I will send totals from the route at another
time.
Today at around 10:15 a first summer (year-old)
Mississippi Kite was soaring and diving over the
wetlands. It had the typical field marks of an
adult (mostly unmarked gray, whitish head, short
first primary) but had a partially banded tail
and only the beginnings of the whitish color on
the upperside of the primaries. I watched it for
about 15 minutes then had to go on to complete my
route.
Also of note were a bobolink near Waterford, more
kestrels than usual, and a depressing absence of
bob-white, despite plenty of what looks like good
habitat still around.
All the best
Fred
Frederick D. Atwood fredatwood@xxxxxxxxx
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org
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