Huntley Meadows Trip
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:44:44 -0400
Went to Huntley Meadows today with BBC Birdwalk.
Birds seen or heard:
1 Double-crested Cormorant
8 Great Egret
2 Green-backed Heron
47 Canada Goose (many on nests with eggs)
12 Mallard
1 Am. Black Duck
2 Wood Duck
6 Blue-winged Teal
5 Turkey Vulture
1 Black Vulture
2 Bald eagle (adult)
1 N. Harrier
4 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Broad-winged Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 King Rail
*1 Common Moorhen (at end of cove, best seen from tower)
10 Am. Coot
1 Greater Yellowleg
3 Lesser Yellowleg
5 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Least Sandpiper
4 Rock Dove
2 Mournng Dove
79 Chimney Swift
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 N. Flicker
18 Tree Swallow
17 N. Rough-winged Swallow
1 Cliff Swallow
36 Barn Swallow
15 Am. Crow
4 Fish Crow
2 Blue Jay
4 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
27 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 E. Bluebird
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Am. Robin
1 Gray Catbird (seen by some group)
1 White-eyed Vireo (possible 2)
1 Red-eyed Vireo
29 Yellow-rumped Warbler
13 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Ovenbird
6 Common Yellowthroat
2 N. Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4 Song Sparrow
5 Swamp Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
14 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Rusty Blackbird (a flock was heard in distance by leader)
15 Common Grackle
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Am. Goldfinch
4 House Sparrow
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com