We did the Great Marsh Trail at Mason Neck NWR and then Mason Neck SP
yesterday 4/2/06. Highlights were 1 Northern Harrier at the Great Marsh and
the 2 Horned Grebes, 1 in full breeding plummage, at MNSP. The best
non-bird highlight was a River Otter seen over the bank from the visitor
center at MNSP!
Following are the lists:
Great Marsh Trail
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfince
Mason Neck State Park
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser (about 40)
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Yellow-thorated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Butterflies at MNSP
Zebra Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Falcate Orangetip
Orange Sulphur
Clouded Sulphur
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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