Here is a stellar example of how work can impinge on your birding success.
When I left at 9am (for work) the rest of these non-working folks conjured up
bald eagle, ruby-crowned kinglet, mockingbird, thrasher, northern parula,
hooded warbler, snipe, chipping sp, white-crowned sparrow (really?!), and
several others. Its never a good time to leave...
But before they had rolled out of bed (I was at the park just before 6am) I was
treated to VEERY, HERMIT, and WOOD THRUSH song and had a singing male BALTIMORE
ORIOLE on the edge of the central marsh area. I can add LESSER YELLOWLEGS to
the shorebird list (one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER present Sunday) and numerous
GREAT BLUES, a coulple WOOD DUCK, 2 OSPREY (one packing breakfast) and three
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Only warbler to add would be BLACK-THROATED GREEN. Sorry, I
had a complete report ready to go but my computer somehow swallowed it (user
error, no doubt).
-Chris French
bonxie@xxxxxxx
Oakton, VA
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From: <fbogar@xxxxxxx>
Gentle Readers,
Chris French led a group of 18 birders this morning, May 2, 2005, from 0710
to
1000 at Huntley Meadows Park. We saw and heard over 70 species including a
Blue
Grosbeak. The American Redstart were found, low in the trees, down Barnyard
Run
just beyond the tower on the informal trail. It was a warblish kind of day.
Number Common Name
9 Double-crested Cormorant
2 American Bittern
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Black Vulture
60 Canada Goose
8 Mallard
6 Hooded Merganser
1 Bald Eagle
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Killdeer
23 Greater Yellowlegs
4 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
9 Least Sandpiper
1 Wilson's Snipe
1 Ring-billed Gull
1 Mourning Dove
1 Barred Owl
5 Chimney Swift
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
10 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Eastern Phoebe
3 Great Crested Flycatcher
20 Tree Swallow
8 Barn Swallow
64 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
1 Fish Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
3 Carolina Wren
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3 Eastern Bluebird
2 Wood Thrush
9 American Robin
7 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Brown Thrasher
24 European Starling
7 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue-winged Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler
5 Black-and-white Warbler
2 American Redstart
2 Worm-eating Warbler
3 Ovenbird
2 Northern Waterthrush
12 Common Yellowthroat
1 Hooded Warbler
3 Scarlet Tanager
8 Northern Cardinal
1 Blue Grosbeak
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
68 White-throated Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
30 Common Grackle
3 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 House Sparrow
78 Red-winged Blackbird
25 American Goldfinch
Huntley Meadows Park can be reached from the Beltway by driving south on US
Route 1 approximately three miles to Lockheed Boulevard. Turn right on
Lockheed
Boulevard and proceed to the intersection of Lockheed and Harrison Lane. The
Park entrance is on the left.
The regularly scheduled Monday Morning Birdwalk is open to all; the group
meets
at 0700 in the Visitor's Center Parking Lot.
For information about this and other programs at Huntley Meadows Park, please
call the Staff at 703-768-2525.
Frederic D. Bogar
703-768-3793
Alexandria, VA
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