Gentle Readers,
Mary Floyd and Barbara Perry led a group of nine birders on the Monday Morning
Birdwalk from 0700 to 0900 on 12/06/2004. A pair of Gadwalls, a male and a
female, brightened an otherwise rainy and dreary day.
34 Wilson's or Common Snipe, depending on which side of the bed you got out of
this morning, were seen on Monday morning. This continues the record numbers
of Snipe seen at Huntley Meadows Park over the last three weeks. More Common
Snipe are seen at the Park in one day than have been observed all year in some
previous years. Are Wilson's Snipe numbers higher all over Northern Virginia
or is it just Huntley Meadows Park?
87 Canada Goose
4 Green-winged Teal
17 Mallard
2 Gadwall
17 Hooded Merganser
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
15 Killdeer
1 Least Sandpiper
34 Wilson's Snipe
222 Ring-billed Gull
12 Mourning Dove
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
5 Blue Jay
57 American Crow
2 Fish Crow
6 Carolina Chickadee
5 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Carolina Wren
10 Eastern Bluebird
2 Northern Mockingbird
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
12 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
16 White-throated Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Northern Cardinal
80 Red-winged Blackbird
3 House Finch
6 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
Park Volunteer
703-768-3793
Alexandria, VA
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