Dear VA birders,
Sorry for the late post. Yesterday, Dave Larsen, Larry Blair and I went to
Huntley Meadows. It was a beautiful day and the birds were singing. We found
a very large flock of Rusty Blackbirds in the parking lot. The resident beaver
was sitting out in the sun and eating breakfast. Once we got to the pond, we
found a variety of ducks including: Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler and
Gadwall. Pairs of Wood Ducks were flying over the pond and through the woods,
together. The Teal were brilliant in the sunshine and they were displaying to
one another. On the way home, we stopped by the Prince William County landfill
to check out the gulls. We found lots of the usual suspects: Ring-billed and
Herring gulls, Black and Turkey Vultures, American and Fish Crows, European
Starlings and several Bald Eagles. We did also find a Great Black-backed Gull
and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. The Bald Eagles were chasing one another and
performing leg dangling displays. It was a great day.
Good birding!
Candice Lowther
Bristow, VA
Huntley Meadows Park - CMN04, Fairfax, US-VA
Mar 23, 2013 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2
34 species
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 8
Gadwall 4
Mallard 9
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 20
Great Blue Heron 6
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Wilson's Snipe 5
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 5
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 5
American Robin 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 20
Swamp Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Rusty Blackbird 100
American Goldfinch 6
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