[va-bird] Hooded Mergansers at Roaches Run, Arlington, Today

VA Birders,

    I checked the Roaches Run-Gravelly Point area in Arlington Co. early this 
afternoon.  In the big pond at Roaches Run, I counted at least 46 Hooded 
Mergansers, and a pair of American Wigeon.  I also saw 10 Pied-billed Grebes 
and 11 Double-crested Cormorants there, the latter a bit of a surprise as I 
thought most of the cormorants had already gone farther south.  At Gravelly 
Point, across from National Airport (which is located in Arlington Co., in 
spite of a report to the contrary on a recent "Voice of the Naturalist"), I 
found a large flock of blackbirds, which included 200 or more Brown-headed 
Cowbirds and a few Starlings.  I searched the flock for any unusual 
blackbirds, but I didn't find any.
  
Val Kitchens
Arlington, VA
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