The Northern Virginia Bird Club visit to Occoquan Bay NWR this morning was
attended by 18 folks, and a total of 66 species were seen. Waterfowl
diversity is still low, but the compensations were many. Several saw a king
rail fly about 30 feet over the marsh at Easy Rd., and we all heard it call
right next to the road. We got great looks at a flying snipe, saw a pine
warbler along Deephole Pt. Rd., 2 Bonaparte's gulls, 4 horned grebes, a male
harrier, and 5 rusty blackbirds. A flyover pipit before the walk started
was heard by a few early arrivers. The complete list is below.
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge
Occoquan Bay NWR - CPW02, Prince William, US-VA
Nov 9, 2013 7:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
66 species
Canada Goose 90
Wood Duck 3
Gadwall 8
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 10
Canvasback 4
Hooded Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 150
Pied-billed Grebe 8
Horned Grebe 4 Well seen off Deephole Pt.
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 7
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
King Rail 1
American Coot 8
Wilson's Snipe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster's Tern 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 10
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 40
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
Brown Creeper 1
House Wren 1 Well seen by one observer.
Winter Wren 7
Carolina Wren 10
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Eastern Bluebird 30
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 50
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 180
American Pipit 1
Cedar Waxwing 100
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 32
Eastern Towhee 5
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 60
Swamp Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 60
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Rusty Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 230
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 30
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15620761
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
