Dave Boltz, Phil Silas, Sherman Suter and I went looking for the Yellow Crowned
Night-Heron at Lake Accotink this morning. We were not successful in that
respect, but we did manage to find 70 species and our list (see below) included
13 species of warbler. The small pond area where the YCNH has been seen
contained a total of 17 WOOD DUCK (9 M, 4F and 4 young 'uns), which I think is
the most I've ever seen in one place. The north end of the lake had some
exposed mudflats where we found all the shorebirds. The BARRED OWLS started
hooting around 10a and then again around 11a as we were leaving.
There was a nice breeze blowing around 11a as we were heading out, so we
trucked on over to the MISSISSIPPI KITE location off Burke Lake Road
(Intersection of Old Burke Lake Road and Jackson St.) Two Kites obliged us by
soaring in as soon as we arrived and one posted up allowing extended scope
views. Very nice.
Rich Rieger
Alexandria
Begin forwarded message:
From: ebird-checklist@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: May 14, 2015 10:39:55 PM EDT
To: zelig88@xxxxxxx
Subject: eBird Report - Lake Accotink Park, May 14, 2015
Lake Accotink Park, Fairfax, US-VA
May 14, 2015 7:42 AM - 10:59 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
70 species
Canada Goose 21
Wood Duck 32 Incl. 12 chicks
Mallard 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 12
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 7
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Barred Owl 2
Chimney Swift 21
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 14
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 10
European Starling 3
Cedar Waxwing 60
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 15
American Redstart 9
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 7
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 16
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
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