We were down around the Potomac Saturday 2/12. The best bird was the Lesser
Black Backed Gull at Neabsco Creek, Redheads at Mason Neck SP and Burke Lake
and a Red breasted Merganser at Burke Lake.
Following is a summary of what we got:
At Mason Neck State Park:
Tundra Swan 22
Mallard 9
Black Duck 4
Greater Scaup 4-8
Lesser Scaup about 7000
Canvasback 17
Redhead 2
Ring necked Duck 110
Bufflehead 3
Common Merganser 42
Bald Eagle 1 Adult and 1 Immature
Pohick Bay Regional Park
Mallard 6
Greater Scaup 3
Lesser Scaup 122
Ruddy Duck 3
Bufflehead 10
Common Merganser 100
Bald Eagle 3 Adults, 10 Immature
Neabsco Creek
Lesser Black backed Gull 1
Ring billed Gull several thousand
Great black backed Gull 6
Burke Lake
Mallard 14
Ring necked Duck 164
Redhead 8
Bufflehead 4
Ruddy Duck 11
Common Merganser 3
Red breasted Merganser 1
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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