FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Sedge Wren, Occoquan NWR 10/3/03

[Thecattertons@xxxxxxx]

Not a lot of birds this frosty morning, but some nice ones to be sure. Sedge 
Wren and a pair of VA Rails (doing the grunting calls from both sides of the 
road) were at the top of the list. Both species were 2/3 the way down the road 
that bears off to the left from the parking lot as you start out. Other 
highlights include a dozen Savannah and several Swamp Sparrows greeting me 
right off 
the bat, adult Cooper's Hawk being chased by a Crow, Wood Thrush in the swamp 
near the shore, a half dozen each Yellow-rumped and Palm (western) Warblers, 
and 30 Ruddy Ducks out from the gazebo.
The sign says the new hours as of Oct.1: 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Part of the fence along the river is down, thanks to Hurricane Isabel, but 
the viewing is a lot better for me now.


Laura Catterton
Manassas, Virginia


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