Birders,
No "beginners" showed up for the 10:00am Bird Walk for Beginners during
yesterday's festival. So Kevin Parker and I hiked Bay View Trail anyway,
and got some decent species despite the rain. Highlights included a COMMON
LOON, first-of-season PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
Full list follows.
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Greater Yellowlegs
Caspian Tern
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Car. Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
White-throated Sparrow
American Goldfinch
The next MNSP bird walk will be Saturday, April 29 from 9 to 11am. Meet at
the Visitor Center, rain or shine. In May we switch to a schedule of first
and third Saturdays for the bird walk, so there will be one on May 6 and May
20. Please contact me at the address below if you have any questions.
Good birding,
Jodi Bucknam
Park Interpreter
Mason Neck State Park
7301 High Point Rd.
Lorton, VA 22079
703-339-2380
mninterpreter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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