VA Birders,
Larry Meade and I with six others from the Northern Virginia Bird Club
enjoyed the concentration of waterfowl on the Potomac from the
shoreline and fishing pier at Leesylvania State Park in Prince William
County this morning. Two singles of their species were our highlight
birds and lifers for some in the group--a Common Goldeneye which landed
in the river while a few of us were watching, and a Redhead spotted
amidst a milling raft of feeding scaup and Canvasbacks near the fishing
pier. We found a few songbirds in the picnic area, including a Hermit
Thrush and a couple of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. Numbers were
difficult to estimate for the enormous rafts of ducks because of sun
glare and shimmer, so these numbers are the "best guess" consensus of
the group.
DC Cormorant 1
Canada Goose 50
American Black Duck 80
Mallard 30
Canvasback 20
Redhead 1
Greater Scaup 25
Lesser Scaup 3,000
Bufflehead 4
C. Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 10
Common Merganser 1,000
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Bald Eagle 8
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 40
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 6
No Flicker 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 4
Eastern Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 1
No Mockingbird 2
Euro Starling 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 50
No Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 15
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
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