Despite the cloudy and windy weather conditions, the Northern Virginia Bird
Club had a fairly interesting walk at Huntley Meadows today. Highlights
included a female Northern Harrier cruising the marsh for lunch, 3 Ospreys, a
Common Snipe flying overhead, both kinglet species, and six species of
warblers, including 19 Palm Warblers in the marsh. Sparrow numbers are still
fairly low.
The numbers for the Club's records are listed below.
Canada Goose 100
Mallard 8
Green-winged Teal 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Common Snipe 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 25
Carolina Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7
Eastern Bluebird 1
Gray Catbird 9
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 19
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 18
Red-winged Blackbird 225
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 12
Larry Cartwright
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