The Birding Dads will be taking another shot at glory on Saturday. The
possibility for embarassment is high, thanks to Kurt getting 105 in the
pouring rain on Sunday, so any and all help would be appreciated. Below is a
list of species about which intelligence seems realistic (as opposed to
completely random passage migrants), with the intelligence we already have.
So all of you Mata Haris and James Bonds out there (no, the
"shaken-not-stirred" James Bond), get out there and beat the bushes. We
promise not to divulge your hard-earned secrets to others (unless you want us
to).
By the way, I had my year blue-winged warbler singing this morning at White
Oaks Park. Also BTW, the annual Huntley Meadows Birdathon is a week from
today. If anyone wants to pledge (the money goes to support one of the
summer interns at the park), please let me know. And finally BTW, in my
other life I am a lawyer for the Fish and Wildlife Service. I attended an
interesting hearing today in DC district court, in which the judge, in
response to a suit by the highly litigious Center for Biological Diversity,
barred the Navy from conducting training exercises on an island in the
Pacific because it doesn't have a permit for the "collateral damage" to birds
protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Kind of a surprising result,
given the current "war." It will be interesting to see how this affects DOD
seeking of exemptions from various environmental laws (see today's article in
the Post).
OK, back to the request for spying.
PB grebe (Dyke?)
American bittern (Huntley)
snowy egret
black-crowned night-heron (?? there must be a regular place for these in
Fairfax)
yellow-crowned NH (Huntley, but not recently?)
ducks other than mallards and wood ducks (Huntley, Dyke, Accotink, Belmont
Bay)
coot (same, plus Lake Accotink)
moorhen
rails (Huntley)
bobwhite
shorebirds (Huntley, Dyke, Accotink, Lake Accotink)
woodcock (BRPO Rd.)
great horned (Huntley, Dyke)
screech (Pohick Bay Regional Park)
red-headed woodpecker (Huntley?)
purple martin
cliff swallow
cave swallow (just kidding)
RB nuthatch
blue-winged warbler
yellow-throated warbler (Riverbend, Mason Neck)
worm-eating (Great Falls)
prothonotary (Accotink, Huntley?)
LA H2Othrush (Great Falls)
Kentucky (Great Falls)
Thanks in advance for your help, and wish us luck. Please wish us good
weather as well, even though getting 106 species in the rain has a certain
appeal . . . .
Ben Jesup
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