VA Birders: Five hardy birders participated in this morning's blustery bird
walk at Aquia Landing Park in Stafford County. We also visited Crow's Nest
Natural Area Preserve in the late morning. We collectively found 48 species.
Our best finds were multiple Common Goldeneyes and an adult Lesser Black-backed
Gull amongst the large gull flocks at both locations. Other notable finds at
Aquia Landing were a Northern Harrier, a male Greater Scaup amongst the Lesser
Scaups, flybys of a flock of Red-breasted Mergansers and a flock of Rusty
Blackbirds. At Crow's Nest, we found 23 Wilson's Snipe working the mudflat
amongst all the gulls, a pair of Northern Pintails, a pair of Common
Mergansers, a flock of Green-winged Teals, two Red-headed Woodpeckers in their
usual spot near the end of the Blue Trail, and another flock of Rusty
Blackbirds. Strangely, we did not find any Hooded Mergansers or Wood Ducks at
Crow's Nest. The complete checklists for both locations are below. Elton
MorelArlington, VA Aquia Landing Park, Stafford, Virginia, US
Feb 16, 2019 7:25 AM - 9:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: NVBC walk led by David Ledwith and Elton Morel.
35 species
Mute Swan 2
Tundra Swan 2
Mallard 4
Canvasback 40
Ring-necked Duck 5
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 500
Bufflehead 50
Common Goldeneye 4
Red-breasted Merganser 14 Multiple flybys of presumably the same flock.
Ruddy Duck 5
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Horned Grebe 3
Ring-billed Gull 400
Herring Gull 40
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Adult mixed with large gull flock.
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 8
Downy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 2 Heard
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1 Heard
Carolina Wren 1
White-throated Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Rusty Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 4
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52761882
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Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve, Stafford, Virginia, US
Feb 16, 2019 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: NVBC walk led by David Ledwith and Elton Morel.
31 species
Canada Goose 8
Tundra Swan 15
Gadwall 20
Mallard 5
American Black Duck 40
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 15
Bufflehead 8
Common Goldeneye 3
Common Merganser 2
Wilson's Snipe 23 Counted individually
Ring-billed Gull 900
Herring Gull 60
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Another adult mixed in with the very large gull
flock.
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 2 At end of Blue trail where trail makes a right turn
along a ditch.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
Winter Wren 1 Heard
Carolina Wren 3
White-throated Sparrow 20
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52766400
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