[va-bird] Along the Potomac 1/8/06

  • From: "Glenn Koppel" <gjkoppel@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "Va Birds (E-mail)" <Va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 19:26:46 -0500

We spent the day along the Potomac River today.  Pretty decent day birding,
a few good birds such as the 3 Common Goldeneyes and 1 Horned Grebe from the
Belmont Bay Development near Occoquan, 1 Ruby crowned Kinglet in Julie Metz
Wetlands and a Laughing Gull along the Neabsco Creek.
Following are the various lists:

Julie Metz Wetlands

Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Northen Mockingbird
Eastern Towhee  2
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch

Neabsco Creek Area

Great Blue Heron
Laughing Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Sparrow

Leesylvania State Park

Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Bufflehead
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Mockingbird
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Belmont Bay Development

Horned Grebe  1
Canada Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye  3 (all female)
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle  (2 adults, 3 immature)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black backed Gull
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Wren

Burke Lake

Pied billed Grebe  1
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull
Belted Kingfisher

Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901


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