A hot morning at Veteran's Park (near the Dawson Beach part of Occoquan
NWR) produced at least 6 brilliant male Prothonotary Warblers singing
their heads off in bright 7 AM sunshine.
I found a nice back entrance to Veteran's, close to the entrance to the
NWR. From Dawson Beach Road, right before you get to the NWR turn right
on Higham's Court. This road dead-ends in an industrial area. Park
near the gravel path into the trees. This path leads into the park, and
that's where all the Warblers (and a lot of other marsh birds) were.
Here's my combined list for Veteran's and Occoquan NWR, 1 hour each,
from 7AM to 10 AM Monday 26May. Sorry, these are not exactly in the
standard order.
- Steve Johnson
Fairfax, VA
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Killdeer
Osprey
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow
Fish Crow
Bobwhite
Mourning Dove
Eastern Kingbird
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Meadowlark
European Starling
Indigo Bunting
Northern Oriole
Orchard Oriole
American Robin
Red-Winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Ovenbird
American Goldfinch
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow-Breasted Chat
Field Sparrow
