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At 3:30 pm today Burke Lake was mostly free of ice around the pier area and 
there were lots of birds taking advantage of the warming weather.   About 50 
some-odd tundra swans were hanging out both in the water and standing and 
preening on the ice - giving great views through my scope.   There were at 
least 8-10 red-necked grebe, a couple of pair of hooded mergansers, 30 or 
more common mergansers and a varying number of red-breasted mergansers.   
There was also a large flock of ring necked ducks with 8 or so red heads in 
among them.   Also saw a couple of bufflehead and about a dozen coots.   
Plenty of ring billed gulls and surprisingly few Canada geese.   Also quite a 
few begging mallards in the parking lot and around the boat house and pier.   
A noisy pileated woodpecker topped my enjoyment of the afternoon by flying 
overhead. 

Pat Rentz
Fairfax Station, VA (across the street from Burke Lake) 


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