Six birders joined the Northern Va Bird Club walk Wednesday at Burke Lake Park.
The fog finally lifted, but it remained grey and overcast throughout the
morning which limited thermals and raptor activity. Highlights of the walk
were the blue heron rookery on Vesper Island State Waterfowl Refuge in the
middle of the lake, a blue morph snow goose, the hermit thrush just off the
parking lot, and the four horned grebes.
Burke Lake Park, Fairfax, US-VA
Mar 21, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Walking
1.5 mile(s)
37 species
Snow Goose, Blue Morph 1
Canada Goose 40
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 2
Lesser Scaup 14
Ruddy Duck 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 4
Double Crested Cormorant 75
Great Blue Heron 30
Bald Eagle 2
Red Shouldered Hawk 1 (H)
American Coot 3
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 2 (H)
Eastern Phoebe 1 (H)
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 12
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 (H)
Carolina Wren 3 (H)
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 70
Eastern Towhee 1 (H)
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1 (H)
Swamp Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 11
Northern Cardinal 1
Common Grackle 4
House Finch 3
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