Good evening everyone--
I visited Sunrise Valley Park between 7 and 8:30 this evening. Beautiful
sunset with thunderheads on the horizon turning deep red-orange--stunning. The
pond by the garage is almost all dried up except for the culvert. Most of the
big pond is covered with lilypads.
Canada Goose
Mallard--1 female
Great Blue Heron--1 catching fish with success
Mourning Dove--4
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird--1, briefly
Eastern Kingbird--1
Eastern Phoebe--2
Chimney Swift--3
American Crow--6
Carolina Chickadee--1
Brown Thrasher--1
Gray Catbird--many
Northern Mockingbird--1
American Robin--many
Common Yellowthroat--1, Singing witchity-witchity, etc., plus some other
tunes?
Red-Winged Blackbird--many
Northern Cardinal--1
American Goldfinch--many
Eastern Towhee--3
Field Sparrow--heard 2 (sounded very like White-Throated note)
Song Sparrow--5
And at least five cottontail rabbits. A lovely evening.
Liz Koozmin
Reston, VA
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