#huntleymeadows — Public Fediverse posts

Just because you don't see them doesn't mean they are not there, like this little Wilson's Snipe. #huntleymeadows #birding

Ha! Our eBird Reviewer saved me from embarrassment! The black duck is actually a melanistic Mallard (domestic type) and has no relation with the American Black Duck. Wonder what her story was...escaped from a foie gras farm? Was a pet? Anyway, she's had babies over the years (mostly onesie twosies) and every year I have to relearn that she's just a Mallard. #birding #huntleymeadows

Finally saw the Green Heron. It didn't seem all that pleased with all the attention, but it's only been back for a week...just wait until its friends show up. #birding #huntleymeadows

Rain is to start at sunrise, so no birding today. Here are a few shots from last Sunday. #birding #huntleymeadows

Lots of FOY birds this morning: Gray Catbird, Green Heron, and Red-eyed Vireo. The Green Heron cried and took off right before I got there. Here's an Osprey instead. #birding #huntleymeadows

Prothonotary Warbler and Common Yellowthroat are back at Huntley Meadows, and I managed to see one of each. Hearing and seeing the White-eyed Vireo, though, was a real treat #birding #huntleymeadows

Boy was excited #birding #huntleymeadows

Also three Killdeer. A bit early for them. I heard them and thought I was crazy...Merlin picked them up, but Merlin also picked up a Prothonotary Warbler, which would have been two months too early #birding #huntleymeadows

The Wilson's Snipes are doing fine...at least a dozen of them today. #birding #huntleymeadows

Haha I said Snipes...yes there was another one hiding elsewhere #huntleymeadows #birding

Early birders get the butts #birding #huntleymeadows

A Wilson's Snipes hiding in front of the throngs of people looking for the elusive Wood Ducks (who flew in and quickly flew out) #huntleymeadows

Is it still an eBird "rare" bird if so many people were photographing them that they decided to fly to a shady spot? Two of three Blue-winged Teals at Huntley Meadows Park, near Hybla Valley, VA #huntleymeadows #birding

The Inept Birder would have been so proud (???) of me & my pictures of the Bald Eagle #worstbirdpic #huntleymeadows #birding

Those three Wilson's Snipes from a few summers ago have gotten busy. Spotted at least a dozen today in a patch of matted dead reeds that were just the right color. #birding #huntleymeadows

Time for another #worstbirdpic...damn dead leaves! Spring cannot come quickly enough #huntleymeadows #birding

Danger awaits, at the front door? #birding #huntleymeadows

Finally got close enough to a slow(er) Brown Creeper #birding #huntleymeadows

On this #NationalBirdDay I present to you my favorite bird, the Green Heron. Photo taken last summer. You will note that it is decidedly not green. #birding #huntleymeadows

If Sherman didn't believe we saw 6 Brown Creepers, how would he believe we saw 5-7 Wilson's Snipes in the morning mist? Here's what one looks like when the lighting was good, back in the summer #birding #huntleymeadows

My entire camera roll is made of these bad shots! Like this one...I reported it as a juvenile Bald Eagle, but who knows 🤷‍♀️ #worstbirdpic #birding #huntleymeadows

When that Black-bellied Plover (another lifer & rare visitor) showed up, it was a party on that boardwalk. Here the Black-bellied plover (rear, flapping its wings) can be (barely) seen chasing away a Killdeer (smaller bird in the front) #worstbirdpic #birding #huntleymeadows

This was a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird when they first arrived earlier this year. This one was obviously male lol #worstbirdpic #birding #huntleymeadows

Why aren't we doing #worstbirdpic here? This is a Summer Tanager, a lifer and a rare visitor. Photo taken last May. It might as well have been heard not seen. #birding #huntleymeadows

I saw my friend, the Winter Phoebe, today. #birding #huntleymeadows

A lot of duck butts today. Green-winged Teals #huntleymeadows

Testing image & alt-text #huntleymeadows