[va-bird] Prince William Co.

I birded eastern Prince William Co. this morning, starting at Quantico
Creek, and visiting Cockpit Pt. Rd., Leesylvania SP, Metz Wetlands, and
Occoquan NWR. Kurt Gaskill and Kim Peacock accompanied me for part of
this trip. Total species count was 103; not bad, but neotrops are not
yet making a big appearance.  Here is the list, with locations for
notables:

common loon - Occoquan NWR (flyover)
dc cormorant
great blue heron
great egret - Metz and Occoquan
american bittern - Metz
canada goose
wood duck
mallard
ring-necked duck - Quantico creek
lesser scaup - Occoquan NWR
bufflehead - Occoquan
hooded merganser - Quantico creek
red-breasted merganser - Occoquan
ruddy duck - Occoquan
turkey vulture
osprey
bald eagle
sharp-shinned hawk
Cooper's hawk - Occoquan
red-shouldered hawk
red-tailed hawk
killdeer
greater yellowlegs
lesser yellowlegs
solitary sandpiper - Cockpit Pt. Rd.
least sandpiper - Metz
ring-billed gull
herring gull
Bonaparte's gull - many off Occoquan
laughing gull
Caspian tern
Forster's tern
rock dove
mourning dove
yellow-billed cuckoo - Cocpit Pt. Rd. and Leesylvania
chimney swift
ruby-throated hummingbird
belted kingfisher
red-bellied woodpecker
downy wood.
northern flicker
pileated wood.
eastern phoebe
eastern kingbird
purple martin
tree swallow
rough-winged swallow
barn swallow
ruby-crowned kinglet
carolina wren
house wren
gray catbird
no. mockingbird
brown thrasher
eastern bluebird
wood thrush
robin
bg gnatcatcher
car. chickadee
tufted titmouse
wb nuthatch
blue jay - several very large flocks
american crow
fish crow
starling
white-eyed vireo - everywhere
yellow-throated vireo - Cockpit Pt. Rd.
warbling vireo - Leesylvania
red-eyed vireo
northern parula
yellow warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
black-throated green warbler - Cockpit Pt. Rd.
yellow-throated warbler
pine warbler
prairie warbler
palm warbler
black-and-white warbler
prothonotary warbler - Occoquan
worm-eating warbler
ovenbird
northern waterthrush
louisiana waterthrush
common yellowthroat
yellow-breasted chat - Possum Pt. Rd.
scarlet tanager - Cockpit Pt. Rd. and Leesylvania
summer tanager - Leesylvania
eastern towhee
chipping sparrow
field sparrow
savannah sparrow - Occoquan
song sparrow
swamp sparrow - Metz
white-throated sparrow
dark-eyed junco - Leesylvania
norther cardinal
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed blackbird
orchard oriole
house finch
american goldfinch
house sparrow

Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA

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