I was at Burke Lake later in the day and I saw many of the same birds
that the NVBC group saw. The only notable bird that I would add to
Steve's list is a Red-breasted Merganser which was swimming around in
the middle of the lake. I also made stops at Kingstowne which had a
couple of Buffleheads and many Ring-necked Ducks and at Huntley Meadows
which had 10 Northern Pintails, 2 Green-winged Teal and a Northern
Shoveler.
Lary Meade
Vienna VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Williams <stephen.l.williams@xxxxxxx>
To: Va-Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 15:37:33 -0500
Subject: [va-bird] NVBC walk at Burke Lake 7Jan06
Fourteen birders braved the morning chill to look for waterbirds this
morning at Burke Lake. Temperature at 9:00am was about 23 degrees F. By
mid-morning the viewing conditions were excellent and we had good views
of a number of duck species and other waterfowl. The mostly bare woods
were relatively quiet but a number of wintering species popped up to
keep us diverted as we walked along the edge of the lake. A complete
list follows:
Pied-billed grebe 4
Great blue heron ` 3
Canada goose 40
Mallard 20
Ring-necked duck 16
Lesser Scaup 25
Hooded Merganser 10
Common merganser 30
Ruddy duck 30
American coot 7
Ring-billed gull 100
Herring gull 3
Great BB gull 2
Pileated WP 2
Kingfisher 1
Blue jay 6
A Crow H
F Crow H
Chickadee 6
Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch H
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Cardinal 3
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