There was a great turnout for the NVBC walk at Lake Accotink this morning,
co-lead by Paula Sullivan and myself...Twelve people stared intently at the
frozen lake, it failed to defrost. A beautiful Red-shouldered Hawk drifted over
our heads, heading south. As all the trails were pack ice, we took the hawk as
an omen and set our sites south on Occoquan and Tales of Rough-legged Ravens.
Occouquan was a bit more to our liking. The trails were a bit muddy, but
walkable. Wind kept the small birds to a minimum but there were ducks on the
river
and hawks in the sky. After walking the trail, we drove the wildlife loop to
look for the RL Hawk. Seems we started the loop just as Kurt Gaskill was
driving in the entrance. Kurt spotted the RL Hawk hunting over the first field.
The
RL was dive bombed by one of the RT Hawks and forced down, not to be seen
again....no Ravens either...shucks.
AND REMEMBER: IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY, SGT PEPPER TAUGHT THE BAND TO
PLAY - SHE LOVES YOU YES, YES, YES, YES...
List follows: Occoquan/ Lake Accotink
DC Corm 1/
GB Heron / 1
Tundra Swan 3/
Canada Goose 50/12
Black Duck 1/
Mallard 4/
RingNeck Duck 2/
Lesser Scaup 1500/
Greater Scaup a few/
Bufflehead 24/
Hooded Merg 4/
Common Merg 50/
Black Vulture 6/
TV 4/
Bald EAgle 1/ (adult)
N. Harrier 1/
Sharpie 1/
RS Hawk 1/1
RT Hawk 4/
Merlin 1/
Am. Coot 2/
RB gull 50/12
Herring gull /2
MODo 2/2
RB WP 2/
Downy WP 2/
N. Flicker 2/
Blue Jay 2/
AM Crow 2/
Chickadee 6/2
WB Nut /1
Car. Wren 2/
N. Mockingbird 2/
Starlings 20/
No. card. 5/
song sparrow 2/
WT Sparrow 6/
RW Black. 5/
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