I spent Friday afternoon at Huntley Meadows, Dyke Marsh, and Roaches Run.
Some of the notables--
Huntley Meadows:
Great Egret - 4
Green Heron
American Wigeon
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Pileated Woodpecker
Marsh Wren (singing)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 10 (all in one flock, working the leaf litter near the tower;
part of a larger mixed foraging group consisting of gnatcatchers, R-c
Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, Eastern Towhees, Northern Cardinal, Am.
Goldfinch, Y-r Warblers, and Swamp Sparrows)
Field Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird ~ 200 (the flock came in from the south, spent about 30
mins. foraging among the grass tussocks near the beginning (northeast part)
of the boardwalk, and then proceeded north; they made quite a din!)
Dyke Marsh:
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
Gray Catbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - 5
Roaches Run:
Red-necked Grebe
Ruddy Duck - 2
Cheers,
Dan Kluza
Alexandria, VA
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