[MDOsprey] Hunting Creek mouth (Fri eve, 17 Sep)
SSUTER (ssuter@aaas.org)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:08:09 -0400
VA: Alexandria/Fairfax Co: mouth Hunting Creek
17 Sep 1999: 1920-1940 EDT
After failing to find the White Pelican north of the bridge on my
downstream commute Friday evening(17 Sep; 1900-1915 EDT), I was happy
to spot it near the south end of the flats that extend S from Hunting
Towers Apts (on the river side of the channel coming out of the mouth
of Hunting Creek)--so a few 100 m south of the Stone Bridge over the
creek.
There were also 122 Great Egrets scattered around (all East of the GW
Parkway): 30+ on the pilings, c 60 on the tidal flats between the
Hunting Tower Apts and Jones Point [which also hosted 9 Snowy Egret
and 1 immature Little Blue Heron], others on the flats running S
towards the picnic area and a few off the N end of the picnic area.
Two Stilt Sandpipers were amongst the small flock of yellowlegs on the
spit just SE of the Stone Bridge. Lack of scope and failing light
kept me from trying to count the shorebirds on the flats W of the
bridge. (Tide was falling, low tide c 2035).
Cheers and good birds,
Sherman Suter
Alexandria, VA 22307
ssuter@aaas.org