Birders,
Plenty of nice birds at Mason Neck State Park yesterday, even in the
morning's drizzle. Highlight was a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER singing and
posing atop a dead snag in the beaver marsh. I also had first-of-season
RED-EYED VIREO singing in the forest, more COMMON LOONS, and a BARN SWALLOW
darting over the bay. Full list follows:
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (several drakes, one hen)
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Greater Yellowlegs
Caspian Tern
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Pheobe
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Thrush sp. (heard singing)
European Starling
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
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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