I visited Occoquan NWR this morning where I ran into Scott Priebe. Beautifully
clear, but windy. Highlights were redhead mixed in with a large scaup flock
off the intersection of Easy and Deephole Pt. Roads, 5 male wigeon in the marsh
adjacent to Charlie Rd., a large flock of wood ducks in the marsh near the
river, an osprey on the dock seen from the gazebo, over a dozen eagles, and
singing rusty blackbird along Deephole Pt. Rd. On one of the islands along the
shore, 9 eagles were perched on the beach or in the trees. At one point two
eagles were tussling over a fish on the ground, while 6 other were perched just
overhead watching, looking for all the world like a couple of gladiators duking
it out for the spectators. Here is a list of what we saw:
pied-billed grebe
double crested cormorant
great blue heron
tundra swan
Canada goose
wood duck
american wigeon
gadwall
green-winged teal
mallard
black duck
redhead
lesser scaup
bufflehead
common merganser
ruddy duck
turkey vulture
osprey
bald eagle
northern harrier
red-tailed hawk
red-shouldered hawk
sharp-shinned hawk
killdeer
ring-billed gull
great black-backed gull
herring gull
rock dove
mourning dove
red-bellied woodpecker
yellow-bellied spasucker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
pileated woodpecker
ruby-crowned kinglet
carolina wren
winter wren
northern mockingbird
eastern bluebird
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
brown creeper
blue jay
american crow
fish crow
starling field sparrow
savannah sparrow
song sparrow
swamp sparrow
white-throated sparrow
northern cardinal
red-winged blackbird
rusty blackbird
common grackle
american goldfinch
house sparrow
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
