The Northern Virginia Bird Club enjoyed a productive visit to Leesylvania State
Park in Woodbridge this morning. The weather was great and the still-icy
Potomac was beautiful under sunny skies. Open water was full of hundreds of
common and red-breasted mergansers, with a smattering of bufflehead, scaup, and
ruddy ducks. A flock of tundra swans that flew by was especially picturesque
against the blue sky, Many bald eagles were sighted sitting on the ice or in
trees on the river's edge. Most of the common winter residents were seen,
including both kinglets, hermit thrush, yellow-rumped warbler, yellow-bellied
sapsucker, brown creeper, and cedar waxwing. The complete list of 52 species
is below.
Marc Ribaudo
Leesylvania State Park, Prince William, Virginia, US
Jan 20, 2018 7:54 AM - 11:17 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.23 mile(s)
52 species
Canada Goose 25
Tundra Swan 28
Mallard 10
American Black Duck 12
Canvasback 1
Greater Scaup 3
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 20
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 400
Red-breasted Merganser 250
Ruddy Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant 14
Great Blue Heron 4
Black Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 44
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 7
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 60
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 26
Cedar Waxwing 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Dark-eyed Junco 20
White-throated Sparrow 40
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 100
House Finch 25
American Goldfinch 50
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S42090732
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