Dorothy Tella, Gladys Millington and I took part in the Northern Virginia
Bird Club outing to Accotink Bay NWR today. The highlight was a lone female
Common Goldeneye. A total of 29 species were identified; list follows.
Things got off to in inauspicious start as I spent well over an hour going
thru security to get onto the military base. Later I learned that I didnt
have to get onto the base to access the refuge, but I was prepared to be a
birding army of one. I found the ladies further in the refuge, though, and
then we found a few good birds. (The few, the proud, the birders.) I
apologize to anyone who showed up and didnt find a group to bird with. I do
recommend Accotink to anyone in the area. There are plenty of wooded trails,
large mud flats, at low tide, and lots of shoreline to look for waterfowl. I
hope to return in the spring to look for migrants.
Good birding!
Phil
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Great Blue Heron 10
Turkey Vulture 1
Canada Goose 100
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 10
Lesser Scaup 30
Bufflehead 15
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 20
Bald Eagle 1
American Coot 75
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 10
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 5
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 5
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Northern Cardinal 1
Phil Kenny
1731 Killarney Court
Vienna, VA 22182-2133
703-255-5423
571-226-6690
philkenny1@xxxxxxx
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