[va-bird] S. Run Stream Valley Pk., Newington Forest - 3/26/06

Birded my extended back yard this morning, along South Run, ~1/2-1 1/2 mi. east 
of Mercer Lake. Saw 35 species in all, with Purple Finch (2), which are 
uncommon here, Rusty Blackbird [8], and a singing Ovenbird (at about 6:45 AM) 
being the avian highlights. The overall highlight was coming face-to-face (at 
about 40 feet) with a Red Fox with its mouth full of N. Flicker as it 
approached me down a trail. 

Also, we had a female Piliated Woodpecker come to our feeder this morning, many 
of whose primary and secondary wing feathers (nearly bi-laterally symmetric) 
are tan instead of black. We had a Piliated last year with a similar coloring, 
maybe the same individual. 

Scott Priebe
Springfield, VA

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