I spent a few hours at Occoquan Bay NWR this morning, and saw 65 species.
Ospreys were perched on most of the platforms and several males were
displaying, making quite a racket. There was a nice mix of waterfowl, with 18
species, including 6 goldeneye on the river and 2 male red-breasted mergansers
in the fishing pond (past the banding station). A phoebe was hanging around
the banding station, and fox sparrows were singing along Bayview Rd. Five
meadowlarks were covorting in the field near the fishing pond. Flickers are
obviously moving. A single tree near the pond held 19, with many more rising
out of the field as I walked along the road. For those interested, here is the
complete list:
pied-billed grebe - 1
double-crested cormorant - 1
great blue heron - 6
tundra swan - 6
canada goose
wood duck - 12
American wigeon - 3
gadwall - 4
green-winged teal - 60
mallard
black duck - 30
northern shoveler - 5
ring-necked duck - 1
greater scaup - 1
lesser scaup - lots
common goldeneye - 6
bufflehead - 100+
hooded merganser - 8
red-breasted merganser - 3
common merganser - 15
ruddy duck - 8
osprey - 9
bald eagle - 4
sharp-shinned hawk - 1
red-tailed hawk - 1
American coot - 1
killdeer - 2
greater yellowlegs - 1
ring-billed gull
great black-backed gull
herring gull
rock pigeon
mourning dove - 5
belted kingfisher - 2
red-bellied woodpecker - 2
downy woodpecker - 2
hairy woodpecker - 1
northern flicker - 50
easetern phoebe - 1
tree swallow - 3
carolina wren - 4
winter wren - 3
northern mockingbird - 2
eastern bluebird - 5
American robin - 2
carolina chickadee - 4
blue jay - 2
American crow - 3
fish crow - 8
starling - 3
house sparrow - 2
house finch - 3
eastern towhee - 3
field sparrow - 2
savannah sparrow - 1
fox sparrow - 5
song sparrow - lots
swamp sparrow - 4
white-throated sparrow - 14
dark-eyed junco - 2
northern cardinal - 12
red-winged blackbird - 25
eastern meadowlark - 5
common grackle - 18
brown-headed cowbird - 2
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
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