Rich Rieger, Sherman Suter, and I enjoyed a wonderful morning on the
Hike/Bike Trail of Huntley Meadows Park. We tallied a total of 16 warbler
species, including a singing and seen male Kentucky on the Pond Trail Loop
very late in the morning on the way out. Other highlights included several
Canada Warblers, 3 of which were very near the parking lot, a singing
Bay-breasted, Veery, Swainson's, Wood Thrush, and Rose Breasted Grosbeak.
Here is a link to a picture of the Kentucky Warbler
https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveboltz/17344881026/
Complete checklist below.
Dave Boltz
Huntley Meadows Park--Hike and Bike Trail, Fairfax, US-VA
May 4, 2015 7:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.2 kilometer(s)
Comments: with Rich Rieger, Dave Boltz;
from S King & Telegraph lot, very slowly down B&H path, looping through
woodcock meadow, meadow NE of N platform; to N platform (~1000), scanning
main pond before continuing over to water-control structure platform; back
to N platform until ~1105; back up B&H, taking Pond Loop trail;
10 to 26 C; partly cloudy (scattered 3 km) to start, clearing by 0800; NW 5
km/hr to calm, then variable 8 to 10 km/hr, to S 12 km/hr; sunrise 0608
EDT; water level about the same as for 29 Apr;
68 species
Canada Goose 12
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 7
Blue-winged Teal 2
Hooded Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 6
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 2 at N platform
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay 37 several small migrating flocks
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 1 over N meadow
Carolina Chickadee 23
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 28
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 5
American Robin 14
Gray Catbird 17
Ovenbird 14
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Kentucky Warbler 1 Pond Loop trail
Common Yellowthroat 42
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 5
Magnolia Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Prairie Warbler 1 heard only; woodcock meadow
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Eastern Towhee 11
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 20
Scarlet Tanager 7
Northern Cardinal 30
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Common Grackle 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Purple Finch 3 continuing birds N edge of woodcock meadow; forked
tails, unstreaked undertail coverts; male rose red, brightest on head &
rump; females with strongly contrasting palesupercilium;
American Goldfinch 12
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23225265
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
