FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Occoquan NWR, 11/08/03

["Daniel Kluza" <dakluza@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A beautiful morning.  I spent several hours hiking around the refuge -- not 
overwhelmingly birdy, but not bad, either.  Highlights included Am. Pipit, 
Am. Kestrel, Rusty Blackbird, and Hooded Mergansers.

The list:

Pied-billed Grebe ? 2
Double-crested Cormorant ~ 50
Great Blue Heron ? 4
Canada Goose ~ 60
Wood Duck ? 2
Am. Black Duck ? 2
Ring-necked Duck ? 27
Hooded Merganser ? 6
Bufflehead ? 3
Ruddy Duck ~ 100
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle ? 3
Am. Kestrel
Am. Coot ? 3
Killdeer
Laughing Gull ~ 50
Ring-billed Gull ~ 30
Herring Gull ? 12
Great Black-backed Gull ? 2
Mourning Dove ~ 75
Red-bellied Woodpecker ? 5
Downy Woodpecker ? 3
N. Flicker ? 7
Blue Jay ? 12
Fish Crow ? 5
Tufted Titmouse ? 2
Carolina Chickadee ? 2
Carolina Wren ? 6
Eastern Bluebird ? 2
Am. Robin ? 2
N. Mockingbird
Eur. Starling  ~ 50
Am. Pipit ? 2 (flyovers)
Cedar Waxwing ? 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler ~ 25
N. Cardinal ? 6
Field Sparrow ? 4
Savannah Sparrow ? 10
White-throated Sparrow ~ 20
Song Sparrow ~ 50
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco ? 4
Red-winged Blackbird ~ 40
Rusty Blackbird
Am. Goldfinch ? 8

Cheers,

Dan Kluza
Springfield, VA

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