Hello All,
After reading all the pipit reports, I thought I would take the dog for a
walk and look more closely at the places where I see robins flocking around
Huntsman Lake, in Springfield, VA. My hunch paid off.
I finished my walk thinking that I would have to go to Chantilly if I wanted
to see some pipits this year, but as I was leaving the park I noticed a
couple of robins. This was nothing interesting, but without my binoculars I
noticed what I thought were up turned leaves. I almost didnt want to take
the effort to raise my binoculars, but I did. Yep, it was a pipit, in fact
there were seven other pipits all huddled and working a wet spot in a field.
Just goes to show you to look a little harder in the next few weeks if you
want to spot them, the short list follows:
Location: Huntsman Lake, Springfield, VA
Observation date: 3/20/07 Tuesday 11:00 11:45
55 Deg/ Sunny/ 5 MPH
Highlights: 8 American Pipits
Number of species: 14
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 5
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 12
American Pipit 8
Song Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Fish Crow 2
Sandy Farkas
Springfield, VA
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