[va-bird] Long-tailed Duck at Riverbend Park

Hello VA Birders:

There was a Long-tailed Duck on the Potomac River this morning at Riverbend
Park (Fairfax County, VA)--a beautiful adult male in winter plumage.  When I
first saw him around 9:30, about 300 yards upriver from the Visitor Center,
he was settled on a partially submerged tree trunk and was busy preening.
After about a half hour he pushed off and headed downstream, carried by a
fast current.  I followed him along the bank and last saw him as he passed
the Visitor Center about 10:15.

Unfortunately, since he was floating on Maryland waters, this is not a
"Virginia bird."  However, if any VA Birders are interested in looking at an
out-of-state Long-tailed Duck, there's a chance he might linger at the
down-river end of Riverbend Park, an area where a variety of ducks
congregate and feed in the winter and during migration (and where there was
another Long-tailed Duck last November). To look for him, I suggest parking
at the Visitor Center and walking downstream along the path next to the
river. About a quarter mile below the Visitor Center is an open area with
good views up and down the river.

Dorothy Tella
McLean, VA

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