Gentle Readers,
Mary Floyd led a group of thirteen avid birders at Huntley Meadows Park on
Monday, July 19,2004, from 0700 to 0930. The warm, partly cloudy day was near
windless and fifty-six species were seen. This represents a high count for a
mid-summer day between spring and fall migration. The best bird of the day,
the Glossy Ibis, but there was much else to admire.
Number Common Name
3 Great Blue Heron
5 Great Egret
8 Green Heron
1 Glossy Ibis
5 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
4 American Black Duck
4 Mallard
1 Osprey
1 Bald Eagle
32 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Killdeer
2 Ring-billed Gull
3 Mourning Dove
4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Barred Owl
5 Chimney Swift
3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Acadian Flycatcher
6 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
4 Purple Martin
10 Bank Swallow
6 American Crow
2 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8 Eastern Bluebird
6 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Brown Thrasher
3 Cedar Waxwing
1 White-eyed Vireo
6 Red-eyed Vireo
5 Common Yellowthroat
3 Scarlet Tanager
4 Northern Cardinal
2 Indigo Bunting
1 Song Sparrow
2 Common Grackle
1 Baltimore Oriole
2 House Finch
1 House Sparrow
25 Red-winged Blackbird
11 American Goldfinch
1 American Robin
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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