[va-bird] Beaverdam on Turkey Day (Loudoun County)

I stopped at all 3 entrances to Beaverdam Reservoir this morning (11/25). The 
weather was great for a couple of hours and then went downhill pretty quickly. 
The biggest surprise was seeing 4 River Otters up close. The charred carcass of 
a Honda Civic at the Reservoir Road entrance was also a new sighting for me.
Here are the avian highlights:

Tundra Swans - 30 flyover
Bufflehead - a handful of males
Pied-billed Grebe
Mallards and Black Ducks - a couple dozen hanging out together
Double-crested Cormorant (imm.)
Ring-billed Gulls - 200
Lesser Scaup
Ravens - 2 flyover
Red-shouldered Hawks - 2
Red-tailed Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk - imm. perched with wings and tail spread to air-dry himself

There was also a flock of other ducks that were flying around far away but 
never splashed down. My best guess is they were Ring-necked Ducks.

Andy Rabin
Loudoun County, VA
andyrabin@xxxxxxxxxxx

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