Andy Higgs, Mary Floyd, and Gene Keefe led ten other observers on the Mon=
day Morning Birdwalk at Huntley Meadows Park yesterday, 4 August 2003. F=
orty-three species were observed. This in spite of the terrible lighting=
early in the morning =96 everything seemed backlit. =
The Red-winged Blackbirds do not know that they are supposed to be in Lou=
don County this month; the number of Red-winged Blackbirds observed remai=
ns unchanged. Another anomaly, the Bufflehead, is still in the Central P=
ond. These observations show the limits of statistics =96 history is but=
a guide, not a rule.
Number Common Name Notes
3 Great Blue Heron =
1 Green Heron =
15 Canada Goose =
5 Wood Duck =
3 Mallard =
1 Bufflehead =
1 Bald Eagle Immature
1 Red-shouldered Hawk Heard Not Seen
1 Ring-billed Gull =
6 Mourning Dove =
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo =
40 Chimney Swift =
10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird =
3 Downy Woodpecker =
1 Northern Flicker =
1 Pileated Woodpecker =
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee =
2 Acadian Flycatcher =
7 Eastern Phoebe =
4 Eastern Kingbird =
20 Purple Martin =
10 Barn Swallow =
1 Blue Jay =
4 American Crow =
1 Carolina Chickadee Observed Not Counted
1 Tufted Titmouse Observed Not Counted
2 White-breasted Nuthatch =
3 Carolina Wren =
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher =
2 Eastern Bluebird =
3 Gray Catbird =
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Brown Thrasher
2 Cedar Waxwing
2 Red-eyed Vireo
8 Common Yellowthroat
4 Northern Cardinal
3 Indigo Bunting
1 Song Sparrow
3 Common Grackle
2 House Finch
30 Red-winged Blackbird
15 American Goldfinch
Huntley Meadows Park is located south of the Beltway in Alexandria, Virgi=
nia. To get there, take Richmond Highway, US Route 1, approximately 3.5 =
miles south to Lockheed Boulevard. Turn right and proceed 0.5 miles to th=
e intersection of Harrison Lane and Lockheed Boulevard. Turn left and dri=
ve to the Visitor=92s Center Parking Lot. The Monday Morning Birdwalk me=
ets every Monday Morning in the Vistior=92s Center Parking Lot at 0700. =
Most walks last until 0900, longer on a good day. All are welcome. For =
information about this and other activities at the Park, call 703-768-252=
5.
Frederic D. Bogar
Alexandria, VA
fbogar at cox dot net
703-768-3793
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