Seven birders braved the strong winds for this morning's walk at Burke Lake
sponsored by the No Va Bird Club. As signs of Spring, we had an osprey,
two Eastern phoebes (FOS for many), and many tree swallows over the water.
A mature bald eagle was sitting on the nest before it soared out over the
lake. The winds seemed to be keeping many woodland birds under cover.
Some of the shallower coves obviously had good fishing. In one near where
the trail comes near Burke Lake Rd, we had 5 great blue herons fishing
quite close to us. We watched while several caught sizable fish, aligned
and swallowed them, and used muscle contractions to work them down their
gullets. In one across from the boat launch, over a dozen cormorants were
fishing, with as many gulls overhead hoping for leftovers.
Burke Lake Park, Fairfax, Virginia, US
Mar 22, 2017 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.3 mile(s)
30 species
Canada Goose 50
Mallard 2
Hooded Merganser 6
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 6
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 9
Tree Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 20
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Common Grackle 10
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
checklist/S35348870
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
