Barbara:
I don't know why we didn't see any Bluebirds. Only one birdhouse
seemed to be active, and that was being used by Tree Swallows....
However, in the marsh on drive-through loop, there was one very distant tree
that had about a half dozen perching birds, but we were too distant to judge
their size or to distinguish any color--neither with my telephoto camera lens,
nor our 8X binoculars...a nice spotter's scope would have been useful!
Maybe someone else can comment on Bluebirds?
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: barbara chambers
To: bmcgovern@xxxxxxx ; VA-Bird
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [va-bird] 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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