Fourteen members of the Northern Virginia Bird Club tallied the following
species at Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, Ft. Belvoir, this morning (Memorial
Day, May 29):
Great Blue Heron 2
Canada Goose 24
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 4
Osprey 2
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher h
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Peewee h
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe h
White-eyed Vireo 7
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay h
American Crow h
Fish Crow h
Common Raven 1 (!)
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee h
Tufted Titmouse h
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Carolina Wren 10
Blue -gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush h
American Robin 2
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 3
Northern Parula 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat h
Scarlet Tanager 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 10
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 20+
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 4
