FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] NVBC walk at Burke Lake 7Jan06

["Steve Williams" <stephen.l.williams@xxxxxxx>]

Fourteen birders braved the morning chill to look for waterbirds this
morning at Burke Lake.  Temperature at 9:00am was about 23 degrees F.  By
mid-morning the viewing conditions were excellent and we had good views of a
number of duck species and other waterfowl.  The mostly bare woods were
relatively quiet but a number of wintering species popped up to keep us
diverted as we walked along the edge of the lake.  A complete list follows:

 

Pied-billed grebe                        4

Great blue heron            `           3

Canada goose                           40

Mallard                                      20

Ring-necked duck                      16

Lesser Scaup                            25

Hooded Merganser                     10

Common merganser                   30

Ruddy duck                               30

American coot                           7

Ring-billed gull                           100

Herring gull                                3

Great BB gull                             2

Pileated WP                              2

Kingfisher                                  1

Blue jay                                    6

A Crow                                      H

F Crow                                      H

Chickadee                                 6

Titmouse                                   10

White-breasted Nuthatch            H

Golden-crowned Kinglet              4

Cardinal                                    3