The Northern Virginia Bird Club visited Occoquan Bay NWR in Woodbridge this
morning. The 23 participants enjoyed a long hike and a decent list of 65
species. Rather quiet for long stretches, but we enjoyed a multitude of
butterflies and other wildlife at the refuge besides the birds. Highlights
were a red-breasted nuthatch along Easy Road, a warbler flock near the banding
station that contained bay-breasted, parula, black-and-white, pine, magnolia,
and blackpoll warblers plus yellow-billed cuckoo, scarlet tanager, and brown
thrasher, a flock of 12 turkeys walking single file near the blind, blue
grosbeak and indigo bunting in the grassy area behind the pond, a fly-over
red-headed woodpecker, a black-and-white warbler and parula mobbing a black
snake crawling up a sapling, and 2 palm warblers next to the parking lot.
Marc Ribaudo
moribaudo@xxxxxxxxxxx
Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince William, Virginia, US
Sep 22, 2018 7:07 AM - 11:36 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.03 mile(s)
65 species
Canada Goose 11
Mallard 25
American Black Duck 6
Wild Turkey 12
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Mourning Dove 15
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Chimney Swift 25
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 9
Caspian Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 35
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 11
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 8
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 45
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 30
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 10
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 16
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 10
American Goldfinch 10
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 15
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 7
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 4
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48667860
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