Gentle Readers,
Mary Floyd and Mark Moran led a group of fifteen birders at Huntley Meadows
Park on Monday, August 23, 2004, into the bright sunlight of the warm, calm,
day. A total of 52 species were observed including the Dark-eyed Junco -- a
very early migrant observed by Liz Graf and Fred Bogar -- in the tall snags to
the right of the entrance to the Boardwalk from the Visitor's Center.
Number Common Name
2 Great Blue Heron
6 Great Egret
1 Little Blue Heron
8 Green Heron
43 Canada Goose
9 Mallard
1 Bald Eagle
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Greater Yellowlegs
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
30 Laughing Gull
3 Mourning Dove
2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
6 Chimney Swift
10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Acadian Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Eastern Kingbird
10 Purple Martin
1 Tree Swallow
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
8 Barn Swallow
8 Carolina Chickadee
10 Tufted Titmouse
4 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
9 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7 Eastern Bluebird
9 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
7 European Starling
7 Red-eyed Vireo
2 American Redstart
6 Common Yellowthroat
1 Scarlet Tanager
3 Northern Cardinal
1 Blue Grosbeak
2 Field Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco
9 Common Grackle
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
13 Red-winged Blackbird
23 American Goldfinch
37 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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