We did part of the Mason Neck Sector of the Ft. Belvoir Christmas Count
12/31/05. Our area included the Great Marsh Trail, the housing developments
north of Mount Vernon Road and High Point Drive to the state park. The best
bird for us was the Blue winged Teal at the Great Marsh.
It was another good day in the field for us and this count and thanks go to
all how participated in our sector and a great job of leading by Kurt
Gakill.
Following is our list:
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Canada Goose 337
Tundra Swan 67
Gadwall 132
American Wigeon 55
American Black Duck 135
Mallard 66
Northern Pintail 5
BLUE WINGED TEAL 1
Canvasback 9
Redhead 5
Ring necked Duck 8
Lesser Scaup 787
Bufflehead 16
Hooded Merganser 17
Common Merganser 37
Ruddy Duck 1
Bald Eagle 3 (all adults)
Northern Harrier 1
Red shouldered Hawk 4
Red tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 10
Greater Yellowlegs 22
Ring billed Gull 19
Herring Gull 5
Mourning Dove 26
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red bellied Woodpecker 19
Yellow bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 34
American Crow 76
Carolina Chickadee 29
Tufted Titmouse 40
White breasted Nuthatch 25
Brown Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 16
Winter Wren 2
Golden crowned Kinglet 16
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 9
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Song Sparrow 9
Swamp Sparrow 3
White throated Sparrow 19
Dark eyed Junco 95
Northern Cardinal 6
Red winged Blackbird 59
Common Grackle 2500 (!)
American Goldfinch 35
Glenn Koppel and Mary Alice Koeneke
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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