I spent about 4 hours at Dutch Gap this afternoon. It was supposed to
be a sunny day....but I sepnt lots of time waiting on the clouds to
move. There were quite a few ducks and birds in the area near the first
platform. I had two surprises there this afternoon....the first was a
harrier scanning the marsh in the first ponded area, the second was an
osprey sitting in the top of a tree in the first pond. Had two
different eagles fly by and had a ton of vultures (both turkey and
black) circling all afternoon. The temperature was amazing for January
and there was lots of traffic with people taking advantage of it.
Northern Harrier
Canada Goose
Pied Billed grebe (just 1)
Double Crested Cormorants (Fly-bys)
Wood Ducks
Mallards
Black Ducks
Gadwalls
Green Winged Teal
American Wigeon
Northern Pintails
Northern Shoveler
Ring Necked Ducks
Black Vultures
Turkey vultures
Bald Eagles (one adult, one immature)
American Coot
Cardinals
Bluebirds
Song Sparrows
Mockingbirds
Red Wing Blackbirds
Ring Billed Gulls
American Robin
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted TItmouse
White Breasted Nuthatch
Downey Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
Dark Eyed Juncos
Barbara Houston
New Kent, VA
