[va-bird] Long-tailed Duck Centreville (Ffx Co.) 1/30/03

Greetings,

After birding at the Occoquan NWR this morning, I headed over to the Upper 
Occoquan Sewage Authority to scope waterfowl and to my surprise, I found a 
female Long-tailed Duck! I was sorting through the Common and Hooded 
Mergansers when I saw the LTDU and said "what the heck!". I ran back to the 
car to get my Sibley book to double check (since I don't see many of these 
ducks) and I was right. She looked even prettier when the snow started 
falling. I watched the bird from the parking lot from 11:40 a.m. until noon, 
when it swam around a corner out of sight.

The two Horned Grebes are still there along with a Canvasback.

Laura Catterton
Manassas, Virginia


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