VA BIRDers,
I visited the "backside" of Huntley, access from the Telegraph Rd parking
lot. About 1.5 hrs starting at 7 am. I went as far as the first meadow
(aka, the Russian olive meadow sans Russian olives now) and spent about an
hour there. Highlight was the Mourning Warbler along the tree edge of the
path, the location that has some broken off big branches near the pines.
This area was the most productive as the birds slowly moved through and then
dispersed during my stay. The below list has the highlights and numbers.
Kurt Gaskill
Barred Owl 1 perched nr road by maintenance yard, we locked eyes and it
eventually flew to another branch 20 yds back
C. Swift 2
Ruby-thr Hum 2
E. Wood Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed V 6
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Gray Catbird 6
Magnolia 3
Black & White 1
Am. Redstart 3
Mourning 1
Com. Yellowthroat 5
Canada 1
E. Towhee 2, juvie with obvious gape following mom
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 1, flyover
