swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 6:40 am Bird Species: northern cardinal, eastern bluebird, red-headed woodpecker, common yellowthroat, indigo bunting, American goldfinch, blue-gray gnatcatcher, prothonotary warbler, European starling, red-winged blackbird, eastern kingbird, green heron, great egret, wood duck, Canada goose, mallard, great blue heron, osprey, barn swallow, great horned owl,
warblers
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 6:00 am Bird Species: titmouse, northern cardinal, brown-headed cowbird, mourning dove, American robin, prothonotary warbler, blue-gray gnatcatcher, eastern kingbird, European starling, common grackle, red-winged blackbird, ruby-throated hummingbird, green heron, great egret, osprey, barn swallow, great blue heron, indigo bunting, common yellowthroat, wood duck Things
swamp friends
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 4:40 pm Bird Species: Carolina chickadee, ruby-throated hummingbird, eastern bluebird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, mourning dove, northern cardinal, common yellowthroat, eastern kingbird, green heron, red-winged blackbird, indigo bunting, osprey, great blue heron, barn swallow, orchard oriole, wood duck, Canada goose, American goldfinch, red-headed woodpecker Things I
swamp friends
Where: all over Delmarva When: summer and fall of 2024, mostly Things I'm Thinking About: * I pre-loaded three days of content, certain that I’d be able to spend an hour in that time writing something well-crafted and nostalgic about birds, which I love, and love to talk
lifers
Where: Huntley Meadows Park When: 12:50pm Bird Species: American robin, yellow-rumped warbler, common grackle, downy woodpecker, tufted titmouse, northern cardinal, mourning dove, red-headed woodpecker, mallard, Canada goose, blue-gray gnatcatcher, common yellowthroat, white-throated sparrow, wood duck, red-winged blackbird, white-eyed vireo (lifer), eastern bluebird, American bittern (lifer), great egret, great horned
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