Hi Birders,
I'm not sure where these boulders are. Yesterday I went down there and did not
see any.
I parked in the publicly accessible lot on the S side of the road, that is Old
Yates Ford Road, on the E side of the reservoir (Fairfax County side). From
there I walked across to the N side of the road, to the gated parking lot. I
walked down on the paved road on that side, to the boat put-in. I stood on the
wooden dock there, N of the bridge, on the E side of the river. From there you
can directly view 2-3 active Cliff Swallow nests, on the N side of the bridge.
Maybe the boulders are under the bridge, right next to the water. If you walk
down to the river on the N side, you can avoid them.
The wooden dock is floating, and not completely stable underfoot. I don't
think it rocks enough to shake your binoculars view. But from the stable
ground on the shore, you can still get a decent view of the nests.
Cheers!
Steve Johnson
Fairfax, Virginia
On Jul 2, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Stuart via va-bird wrote:
Hi all:
Not to be a spoil sport, but the hiking access to see these birds is
severely strewn with 1 1/2 foot boulders -
making it difficult, if not downright dangerous. Anyone with balance issues
(like me) might want to switch over to kayaking et al.
Note: You can still see the Cliff Swallows zipping in and out under the
bridge.
It is looking at the nests that is the headache.
Safe birding all.
Stuart Merrelll.
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