Gentle Readers,
Barbara and John Perry, Mary Floyd, and Mike Ready led the Monday Morning
Birdwalk at Huntley Meadows park on September 27, 2004, from 0700 to 0900.
The warm, calm winds graced the day under cloudy skies. Every treetop seemed
to have a Flicker or a Robin permanently affixed. Pride of place goes to an
adult Red-headed Woodpecker seen down Barnyard Run. Large flocks of
blackbirds, mostly Red-winged Blackbirds, were so large that the vibration of
the air could be both felt and heard when the birds took off en masse. It was
a good way to await the wind and rain of Jeanne.
Number Common Name
9 Great Blue Heron
8 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
15 Canada Goose
6 Mallard
1 Northern Harrier
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
5 Killdeer
8 Greater Yellowlegs
5 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Mourning Dove
15 Chimney Swift
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
13 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
2 Fish Crow
16 Carolina Chickadee
6 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
8 Carolina Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
11 Eastern Bluebird
70 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
30 European Starling
2 Magnolia Warbler
1 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
18 Northern Cardinal
100 Common Grackle
4 Brown-headed Cowbird
4 House Finch
1200 Red-winged Blackbird
8 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
Park Volunteer
703-768-3793
Alexandria, VA
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