[va-bird] Triple Digit Eagles at Occoquan NWR

The participants (Alton Dick, Harry Glasgow, Charlie Creighton, Jim Waggener & 
myself) of this morning's bird survey at Occoquan NWR were treated to the 
spectacle of a hundred Bald Eagles (give or take a few) out on the ice of the 
Potomac River.  All of these eagles were in view at one time from the gazebo 
overlook.  (87 -- Charlie Creighton's count;  101-- my count; 107 -- Jim 
Waggener's count).  
Occoquan NWR is located at Woodbridge, VA, & is open to the general public on 
Thursdays, Fridays, & weekends.  If you are planning to visit the refuge, 
please note that all but a few of these birds were out on the ice near the 
middle of the river, which is quite broad at this point -- a scope is essential 
for satisfactory viewing.  The ice has also concentrated large rafts of Lesser 
Scaup quite close to shore.

Bob Klarquist
Arlington, VA  
clarquis@xxxxxxxxx


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