[Va-bird] Occoquan NWR

  • From: "Betsy True" <betc@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "VABIRDS POST" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:12:28 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

My husband and I took a noontime walk around Occoquan NWR yesterday. It was
quite warm! We had a good walk though and saw or heard the following: 
 
Double-crested Cormorants
Great Blue Heron 
Red-breasted Mergansers
Ospreys -- many on nests
Red-tailed Hawk (2 circling) 
Wild Turkey 
Belted Kingfisher 
Tree Swallow 
Northern Mockingbird 
White-breasted Nuthatch (heard) 
American Goldfinch 
Prothonotary Warbler (nice looks; pics on my blog) 
Common Yellowthroat (heard) 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
 
Betsy True
Alexandria, VA

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