FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] FAS Waterfowl survey, Area 17

["MARC RIBAUDO" <moribaudo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kim Peacock, Doug Stockman, and I covered the area from Quantico Creek to 
Neabsco Creek and Lake Montclair in Prince William Co, for the Fairfax Audubon 
waterfowl count.  We got off to a good start at Neabsco where thousands of 
gulls were still roosting.  There must have been close to 1000 laughing gulls, 
tremendous numbers for this date.  I was able to tease out one lesser 
black-backed gull, but no other rarities.  Quantico creek had good numbers of 
waterfowl, including over 70 hooded mergansers.  However, that was it for 
waterfowl.  Cherry Hill peninsula, Powell's Creek, Lake Montclair, and the 
Potomac off Leesylvania State Park were mostly waterfowl-free.  In the case of 
Powell's Creek, there were no ducks last weekend either, so I don't think the 
lime spill on Route 1 had any impact on numbers.  We also heard very few 
gunshots all morning, so hunters were not having much luck either.  
Here is the list.  Again, most are from Quantico Creek.

pied-billed grebe - 1
double-crested cormorant - 4
canada goose - 88
tundra swan - 14
black duck - 60
mallard - 63
no. pintail - 74
green-winged teal - 23
ring-necked duck - 35
lesser scaup - 10
hooded merganser - 82
ruddy duck - 375
bald eagle - 10
killdeer - 6

Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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