At Burke Lake this morning (31 March), there were a number of typical
birds, plus:
Red-Necked Grebe - 1
Horned Grebe - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 1
Thanks to Fred Atwood and young birder Tim __, who alerted us this
morning about the R-N Grebe. We saw the Swainsons' in bushes just a few
feet from the lake edge, near a shaded picnic table, roughly 1/2 mile
clockwise from the main parking lot. This was far from the main path
around the lake, but close to a small footpath near the lake edge. We
got a very good look at it and clearly distinguished it from Hermit and
other Catharus thrushes.
Other birds:
Pied-Billed Grebes - 20+
Great Blue Herons - 5+
D-C Cormorants - 40+
Red-Sh Hawk - 1
Wood Duck - 1 pair
Ruddy Duck - 5-10 females
Bufflehead - 1 female
Scaup sp. - 40+
Merganser sp. - 2
Red-Bellied Woody - 5+
Amer Crow - 2+
Fish Crow - 2+
Blue Jay - 4+
Tufties - 3
Amer Robin - 10+
Northern Card - 10+
Pine Warbler - 3+
- Steve Johnson
Fairfax, VA
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