I spent two plus hours searching the Occoquan Regional Park for the
Brown-headed Nuthatch from 1100 to 1330 today. I walked down the road to the
kiln and
the visitor center and returned to Ox Rd. on the ridge trail above the river.
I searched through a lot of good pine habitat, but failed to spot the
nuthatch.
However when I arrived near the kiln I heard a Common Raven coming from the
direction of the Landfill. It cleared the trees right over my head not more
than 30 yards high vocalizing repeatedly. I've seen a lot of ravens out west
and in the mountains on the GW National Forest here in Virginia, but this is
the
first one I've seen in the Piedmont.
Larry Kline
Woodbridge
