Well, you won't find the Glossy Ibises on my checklist below, but another
birder/photographer told me that he had taken a picture of a flock of them
flying out of the wetland. Sure enough, on his camera was a photo of 7
flying away, time stamped 7:32 a.m. I knew I should have gotten going
earlier this morning.
When I arrived at the Visitors Center parking lot at 7:30 there were 2 Wood
Thrushes singing, and one rather close. Not much activity was happening near
the feeders or on the walk to the wetland, but singing Common Yellowthroats
could be heard on the approach. I counted a minimum of 6, as they seem to
have descended on the park en masse. Another birder told me he had seen a
Prothonotary Warbler near the observation tower, and sure enough a male was
singing and showing in the area just past the tower on the left. Other
warblers included good showings of Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers, mostly
in the woods on the trail beyond the boardwalk.
Other notables were 2 males and a female Blue-winged Teal and one Greater
Yellowlegs.
Yesterday, when jogging through the adjacent neighborhood of Woodstone (on
Bedrock Rd.) I heard my FOS House Wren and saw a Chipping Sparrow at the
entrance to Huntley Meadows Park.
Dave Boltz
Alexandria/Fairfax County
Huntley Meadows Park - CMN04, Fairfax, US-VA
Apr 17, 2015 7:25 AM - 10:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
42 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 25
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 3
Wild Turkey 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Coot 7
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
crow sp. 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin X
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Palm Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 12
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch 10
