Don Mauchline, Mary Floyd, Gene Keefe, and Harry Glasgow led a group of 15
birders on the Monday Morning Birdwalk at Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax
County this morning, July 29. The heat and humidity, 90 degrees F and 100%,
dominated the walk. 45 Species were seen including a female Ruby-throated
Hummingbird and two Little Blue Herons. A flock of over 100 Laughing Gulls
flew overhead. Killdeer and other sandpipers were seen on the mudflats. The
complete list is as follows:
Blackbird, Red-winged 35
Bluebird, Eastern 10
Cardinal, Northern 4
Catbird, Gray 1
Chickadee, Carolina 1
Crow, American 25
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed 4
Dove, Mourning 5
Duck, American Black 1
Duck, Wood 9
Egret, Great 5
Finch, House 8
Flicker, Northern 1
Flycatcher, Acadian 2
Goldfinch, American 10
Goose, Canada 3
Grackle, Common 3
Gull, Laughing 100
Heron, Great Blue 5
Heron, Green 2
Heron, Little Blue 2
Hummingbird, Ruby-throated 3
Killdeer 12
Kingbird, Eastern 5
Kingfisher, Belted. 1
Mallard 15
Phoebe, Eastern 1
Sandpiper, Least 15
Sandpiper, Spotted 1
Sandpipper, Pectoral 1
Sparrow, House 3
Sparrow, Swamp 2
Swallow, Barn 38
Swallow, Northern Rough-winged 1
Swallow, Tree 7
Swift, Chimney 4
Titmouse, Tufted 1
Woodpecker, Downy 3
Woodpecker, Hairy 1
Woodpecker, Red-bellied 2
Wood-Pewee, Eastern 2
Wren, Carolina 2
Yellowlegs, Greater 3
Yellowlegs, Lesser 1
Yellowthroat, Common 1
Fred Bogar
Alexandria, VA
703-768-3793
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