Gentle Readers,
Mary Floyd, and Sy Fishbein led a group of nine birders on the Monday Morning
Birdwalk on the boardwalk at Huntley Meadows Park yesterday, November 15, from
0700 to 0910. The weather was sunny and cold with calm winds. The Red-headed
Woodpeckers remain down Barnyard Run.
Common Name Number
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 87
Mallard 20
Hooded Merganser 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 13
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Ring-billed Gull 150
Mourning Dove 8
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 30
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 6
Eastern Bluebird 2
Northern Mockingbird 6
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 24
Northern Cardinal 6
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Red-winged Blackbird 47
American Goldfinch 50
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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