swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 3:00 pm Bird Species: downy woodpecker, northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow, European starling, mallard, Canada goose, red-winged blackbird, American coot, common yellowthroat, great blue heron, osprey, blue-gray gnatcatcher, great horned owl, wood duck, red-headed woodpecker, American robin Things I Thought About: * A couple in the
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 5:46pm Bird Species: northern cardinal, European starling, American robin, Canada goose, mallard, the hybrid celebrity duck, American coot, red-wing blackbird Things I Thought About: * It is much too late to be hitting the park, but I just want to be here. * A woman exiting
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 7:23 am Bird Species: northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, swamp sparrow, song sparrow, mallard, green-winged teal, hooded merganser, Canada goose, turkey vulture (flyover), wood duck, great blue heron, American coot, American robin, eastern phoebe, red-winged blackbird, rusty blackbird, American
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 6:50am Bird Species: (takes deep breath) red-bellied woodpecker, tufted titmouse, Carolina wren, mourning dove, northern cardinal, downy woodpecker, song sparrow, swamp sparrow, northern mockingbird, mallard, rusty blackbird, Canada goose, turkey vulture, red-shouldered hawk, eastern bluebird, Carolina chickadee, wood duck, hooded merganser, green-winged teal, eastern
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 11:20am -2:45pm Bird Species: downy woodpecker, mourning dove, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, pileated woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker, Canada geese, mallard, red-shouldered hawk, green-winged teal, northern shoveler, gadwall, hooded merganser, ring-billed gull, swamp sparrow, song sparrow, white-throated sparrow, osprey, American coot, great horned
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 7:47am Bird Species: downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, brown creeper, white-breasted nuthatch, red-headed woodpecker, tufted titmouse, eastern bluebird, mallard, northern pintail, swamp sparrow, song sparrow, Canada geese, redwing blackbird, American coot, hooded merganser, green-winged teal, gadwall, American black duck, hairy woodpecker, bald eagle, turkey vulture,
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 10:20am - 1:40pm Bird Species: song sparrow, swamp sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, Carolina chickadee, Canada goose, mallard, northern pintail, green-winged teal, hooded merganser, red-winged blackbird, northern shoveler, ring-billed gull, red-headed woodpecker, downy woodpecker, great horned owl, eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, northern cardinal Things I
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 12:35-3:08pm Bird Species: dark-eyed junco, tufted titmouse, Eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, red-bellied woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, downy woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, swamp sparrow, song sparrow, Carolina chickadee, red-headed woodpecker, Eastern towhee Things I Thought About: * It feels so good to be out here. I was
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: around 3pm until sundown Bird Species: Carolina chickadee, northern cardinal, red-headed woodpecker, tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker, eastern bluebird, song sparrow, swamp sparrow, white-throated sparrow, northern mockingbird, Canada goose, mallard, northern shoveler, northern pintail, eastern towhee, great blue heron, fish crow. Heard but not seen: Northern
woodpeckers
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 8:05am-10:47am Bird Species: mourning dove, northern cardinal, brown creeper, pileated woodpecker, northern flicker (ha-ha!), song sparrow, house finch, red-headed woodpecker, eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, sora (lifer), swamp sparrow, white-throated sparrow, Canada goose, ruby-crowned kinglet, American goldfinch, northern pintail, northern shoveler, hooded merganser, bald