VA BIRDers,
I visited the backside of Huntley this morning from about 615 for 4 hrs.
Not too birdy. And I was not as lucky as described in Ben's backside report
from yesterday or Harry's synopsis of today's boardwalk report. Yet, my
info may help to give a picture of migration today at Huntley Meadows. For
me the top morning bird was Swamp Sparrow closely followed by Wilson's
Warbler. Everything else was pretty much common and expected. I present
the list below. After work I visited the boardwalk area (ca. 630pm). No
luck on the Mourning Warbler (I see that the banding reports suggest Sat and
Sun would have been good days) but I did add to the boardwalk highlights
with a few birds such as Common Nighthawk and Cliff Swallow. These select
results are also listed below.
Kurt Gaskill
C. Goose 5
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 2
Hooded Merganser 3
Wild Turkey 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 4
YB Cuckoo 3
Barred Owl 1
Chimney Swift 36, nearly all the same group observed from boardwalk
Red-bellied WP 10
Downy WP 5
Hairy WP 4
Pileated WP 2
E. Wood Pewee 6
Acadian Flycatcher 18
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
E. Kingbird 1
White-eyed V 2
Red-eyed V 21
Blue Jay 3
Am. Crow 1
Tree Sw 16, about half over the pond
Barn Sw 10
C. Chickadee 9
T. Titmouse 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
C. Wren 12
H. Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 25
E. Bluebird 5
Swainson's Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 5
Am. Robin 17, fledged young
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 20
No. Parula 1
Chestnut-sided 1
Magnolia 3
Black-throated Green 1
Blackpoll 2
Am. Redstart 5
Ovenbird 12, ON
No. Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 27
Wilson's 1
Canada 1
YB Chat 2
Scarlet Tanager 4, incl one giving a very odd song in meadow north of the
trail's end platform
E. Towhee 1
Swamp Sp 1
No. Cardinal 18
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 14
Red-winged BB 6 - just those on the west side of the pond
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 3
Am. Goldfinch 9
Species adding to the boardwalk total found just before sunset:
Common Nighthawk 1
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 5
Bank Sw 8
Cliff Sw 2
Cedar Waxwing 82
Canada Warbler 1
Swamp Sp 1, yes another one
Orchard O 2, a pair
