[va-bird] birds on ice, Leesylvania State Park

The largely frozen Potomac River off Leesylvania State Park held thousands of 
ducks, as well as gulls and eagles early this afternoon.  Thousands of lesser 
scaup were packed into a relatively small open area just off the picnic area.  
Amongst the lessers were a number of greater scaup (close enough to see the 
green sheen), and single bufflehead and canvasback.  A littler further out in 
another open patch were thousands of common mergansers, along with about a 
dozen red-breasted.  Standing around the ice were a dozen eagles.  The ice was 
also the resting place for hundreds of gulls, including an adult lesser 
black-backed.  On the way home I stopped along Neabsco Creek, and picked up 
mallard, black duck, green-winged teal, and hooded merganser.
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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