[va-bird] Re: Oriole and Eagles at Occoquan Bay (6-26-04)

on 6/27/04 12:53 PM, BMcGovern at bmcgovern@xxxxxxx wrote:


I can't believe that no Eastern Bluebirds were recorded!  That is a bluebird
trail there and I have seen bluebirds there many times.  Where do you
suppose they have gone?  Maybe in the boxes that time of day?

Barbara Chambers
Annandale/Fairfax

> VA-Birders!
> Ginny and I did the three main loops at the Occoquan Bay NWR (the old Harry
> Diamond Lab site) between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm (closing time)) on Saturday, 26
> June.
> 
> 1) Drive-through loop:
> ~10  Mourning Doves
> ~10  Tree Swallows
> ~8   Barn Swallows
> ~5   Kingbirds
> 1  GB Heron
> ~10   RW Blackbirds
> ~3  Osprey
> 1  Brown Thrasher
> 1  Cardinal
> 
> 2) Upland Walk
> ~4  Osprey
> ~2  GB Herons
> ~2  Kingbirds
> ~6  Barn Swallows
> ~8  Tree Swallows
> 1  nesting pair Tree Swallows (bird box)
> 2  Indigo Buntings
> 1  possible YB Cuckoo, seen too briefly to confirm
> 
> 3) Low Land Loop
> 1  Carolina Wren (heard, but not seen)
> 1  Wren (seen briefly, possibly another Carolina)
> ~15  Tree Swallows
> ~12  Barn Swallows
> ~8  Kingbirds
> 2  Osprey
> ~20  RW Blackbirds
> 7  Crows
> ~10  GB Herons (most of them at the little dead-end part of the loop)
> 2  ducks (possibly immature Mallards) (on the little dead-end part of the
> loop)
> 2  mature B. Eagles (on the little dead-end part of the loop, on the sandy
> beach)
> 1  Oriole, likely a Baltimore (but a darker orange, so might have been an
> Orchard)
> 3  BG Gnatcatchers, seen very briefly
> ~8  Canada Geese
> 
> Bill McGovern
> 
> (Occoquan Bay NWR (703 491-686) is on the site of the old Harry Diamond Lab in
> Woodbridge, VA.  Upon entering Woodbridge on Rte 1 going south, cross the
> Occoquan River and turn left at the first major intersection, onto Dawson
> Beach Road.  The park is at the end of the road (approximately a half-mile.
> Starting July 1, the park is open 7 days each week, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.)
> 
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