[va-bird] No.Va. Bird Club walk at Chopawamsic, Quantico Marine Base,Prince William Co.

  • From: "Joanna Taylor" <jandrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "VA-BIRS POST" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:46:10 -0500

7 intrepid members of the Northern Virginia Bird Club enjoyed a
delightful sunny morning at Chopawamsic Creek on the Quantico
Marine Base this morning.  Highlights of the trip were the large
flotilla of TUNDRA SWANS (ca. 400), the GREAT BLUE HERON rookery,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and a nice
assortment of ducks.  Complete list:
(Birds marked with * were seen at the trailhead to the Mountain
Laurel trail only)

75 Great Blue Herons
6 Turkey Vulture
2 Canada Geese
400 Tundra Swans
10 Wood Ducks
30 American Black Ducks
4 Mallard
30 No. Pintail
8 Green-winged Teal
1 Ring-necked Duck
15 Lesser Scaup
12 Hooded Merganser
3 Common Merganser
1 Osprey
5 Bald Eagle
2 Red-shouldered Hawks
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Killdeer
2,500 Ring-billed Gulls
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
2 Red-headed Woodpeckers*
1 Downy Woodpecker
6 Blue Jay
8 crow sp.
2 Carolina Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper*
6 Carolina Wren
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush
20 American Robin*
1 No. Mockingbird
1 Eurasian Starling
10 Song Sparrows
12 White-throated Sparrows
6 No. Cardinals
15 Red-winged Blackbirds

Joanna B. Taylor
Arlington, VA
jandrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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