Despite much of the Potomac River and Belmont Bay being frozen in
Fairfaxand Prince William counties, I counted 12 adult and juvenile eagles on
the ice 1/7/18 on Belmont Bay between Mason Neck State Park and OccoquanBay
National Wildlife Refuge. (I also saw two mute (?) swans.) It's a great
time to visit OBNWR before the eagles return to their nest on the Charlie Road
trail because that's when Fish & Wildlife closes that trail. I was told that
due to cutbacks, they will NOT mow a trail this year to detour around that
closure.My private pix (temporarily) here:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/olympusbjs/Bb840KOBNWR: ;
https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Occoquangenmap.pdf#aMason Neck:
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/mason-neck#general_information
