VA Birders,
11 birders participated in the Northern Virginia Bird Club walk at Occoquan
Bay NWR led by Bob Klarquist and me. The highlight came at the end of the
walk when we observed 15 Bobolinks flying around in the field between the
gazebo
and the parking lot. The birds were near the shelter at the end of the
parking lot and we all got nice looks at them. Other good birds seen before
the
Bobolinks include Nashville, Yellow, Blue-winged, Black-throated Green and
Palm Warblers. There were many Eastern Phoebes around and we also saw at
least
15 species of butterflies including Cloudless Sulpher and Sleepy Orange.
Here is the list of 57 birds seen:
DC Corm 100
GB Heron 1
Green Heron 2
Canada Goose 25
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 12
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2
RS Hawk 1
Gr Yellowlegs 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 30
RB Gull 50
Herring Gull 6
GBB Gull 1
Mo Dove 10
Chim Swift 40
RT Hummer 1
Belted Kingfisher 5
RB Woodpecker 8
Downy WP 5
No Flicker 2
Pil WP 1
E Phoebe 26
WE Vireo 2
RE Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
AM Crow 10
Fish Crow 7
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 8
NRW Swallow 5
Car Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 9
Car Wren 18
BG Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 21
Gray Catbird 7
No Mocker 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Nashville Warb 1
Yellow Warb 2
BT Green 2
Palm Warb 6
Com Yellowthroat 13
E Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 16
Indigo Bunting 13
Bobolink 15
RW Blackbird 13
Com Grackle 1
BH Cowbird 20
Am Goldfinch 20
Good Birding!
Larry Meade
