Fwd: Another Fine Riverbend, VA morning

KurtCapt87@aol.com
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 21:00:06 EDT 

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From: KurtCapt87@aol.com
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To: marvadel@amazon.ncsl.nist.gov
Subject: Another Fine Riverbend, VA morning
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:59:38 EDT
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Folks,

I just can't get over the great Fall migration we are all having.  Riverbend
Park (nr Great Falls Nat. Park, VA) is special to me because of the ease in
getting there and the good neo-tropical waves that have been coming through.
This morning, 28 Sept, was not different.  Good birds and now some fun late
migrants, like Purple Martin, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher and Worm-eating Warbler.
The day started late for me as I got out of the car at 0720 in the nature
center parking lot.  Highlights were....

C. Swift (12+)
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 and the other 5 woodpeckers including a courageous
Pileated which joined several Jays and Flickers to fend off TWO immature
Sharpies (M & F) in the bare trees near the upper meadow.  Bluebirds and
Goldfinch circled overhead during the battle.  That was quite a sight as I was
sure one Flicker was going to be breakfast - but not today!
Phoebe (1), Purple Martin (1, imm), House Wren (4), Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (1),
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (5), Veery (1), Gray-cheeked Thrush (1) [excellent look
at a thrush in classic upturn bill pose in the open with indirect lighting,
plain titmouse-gray back, from top of head to tip of tail - no contrast, no
buffy under neck, plain white breast and dark brown/black spots well defined
blurring to indistinction at belly and then no spots further down the belly to
under the legs, plain gray cheek, no eyering, call note:  Vee-uu(d) - one
syllable, soft "d".  This bird seemed abit chunky to me and larger than the
Veery which appeared a minute later on a nearby tree branch.  This bird is
most likely a Gray-cheek and not Bicknells.], Wood Thrush (1), Cedar Waxwings
(12), Red-eyed Vireo (5), No. Parula (1), Magnolia (10), Yellow-rumped (12+),
Black-throated Green (6), Blackburnian (1), Palm (2), Bay-breasted (2), Black
& White (8), Redstart (2), Worm-eating (1), Common Yellowthroat (10), Rose-
breasted Grosbeak (3), Indigo Bunting (12+), Song Sparrow (2) and Swamp
Sparrow (2) (I didn't do much sparrowing this morning).

Kurt Gaskill
kurtcapt87@aol.com

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