Gentle Readers,
Ken Hamilton and Mike Ready led the Monday Morning Bird Walk at Huntley Meadows
Park today. Monday, August 1, 2005, from 0710 to 0935. The weather was hot and
very humid, not unlike most August days in the Washington area. The beavers
have been actively managing what little water remains in the Central Pond.
Seemingly, there were Yellow-billed Cuckoos everywhere this morning.
Number Common Name
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Little Blue Heron
3 Green Heron
18 Canada Goose
5 Mallard
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Killdeer
1 Solitary Sandpiper
4 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Ring-billed Gull
6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
15 Chimney Swift
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Acadian Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
13 Purple Martin
1 Tree Swallow
20 Barn Swallow
1 American Crow
1 Carolina Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
5 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Eastern Bluebird
25 American Robin
7 Gray Catbird
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Scarlet Tanager
5 Northern Cardinal
3 Indigo Bunting
1 Song Sparrow
1 Common Grackle
15 Red-winged Blackbird
11 American Goldfinch
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
703-768-3793
Alexandria, VA
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