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[Paula Sullivan <paula.sullivan2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

VA-Birders,

I watched an OSPREY with a fish in its talons being harassed by a  
murder of crows off the Belle Haven picnic area this morning. A half  
hour later from the boardwalk, I saw another Osprey in flight with  
what I swear looked like the same rather small fish. So, I had two  
Ospreys or two sightings of the same bird who wasn't too hungry.

Other interesting birds were:

DC Cormorant 5
Wood Duck 2
Mallard
Canvasback  2
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead 2
Common Merganser 8

Kim Peacock, who is always a pleasure to bump into on a birding  
trail, reported to me that he had seen a Pied-billed Grebe and Tree  
Swallows, as well as a Red-shouldered Hawk who then made an encore  
flight over the parkway while we stood talking in the parking lot.

Paula Sullivan
Alexandria







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