On Saturday I led a group from Mount Vernon Unitarian Church on the
boardwalk side. On Sunday I did my usual walk on the Hike/Bike Trail. The
weather was beautiful this weekend, but the birding a little subdued.
Noteworthy earlyish and latish sightings:
Shovelers (both days, my latest record in NoVA)
Solitary sandpipers (2 Saturday)
Great crested flycatcher (1 Sunday) (one day past my earliest record)
Red-eyed vireos (1 Saturday, 3 Sunday) (ditto)
Wood thrush (1 Saturday by visitor's center-tied with my earliest record)
Other noteworthy:
Singing immature purple finch (Sunday)
Coots (at least 9)
Both teal and gadwall
Pied-billed grebe (Saturday)
Rusties (10-20)
Ben Jesup
Alexandria
