Dave Boltz, Jack Edmundson & I started at the Occoquan Bay NWR gate before it
opened at 0700 to hear the gobbling of turkeys and see one woodcock briefly in
flight after a couple of peents. We saw 10 turkeys including one tom displaying
while exiting later via Wildlife Drive. Highlights were 6 Tree Swallows, 2
Eastern Phoebes, 8 Oprey, a Winter Wren, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6 pairs of Wood Duck and 50 overflying Tundra Swans.
Belmont Bay Marina allowed scope views of American Coots and a pair of
Canvasback, and nearby grass views of 5 Killdeer. Complete lists of 65 species
follow:
Occoquan NWR Belmont BayMarina
Canada Goose 220 20
Tundra Swan 50 1
Wood Duck 12
American Black Duck 26
Mallard 24
Canvasback 2
Redhead 8
Greater Scaup 4
Lesser Scaup 900 50
Bufflehead 10
Common Merganser 6
Red-beasted Merganser 36 3
Ruddy Duck 3 1
Wild Turkey 10
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 34 20
Great Blue Heron 8 1
Black Vulture 7
Turkey Vulture 12 1
Osprey 8
8
Bald Eagle 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 300
Killdeer
5
American Woodcock 1
Ring-billed Gull 110 100
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 12
Fish Crow 6
12
Tree Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 6
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 16
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 30
Eastern Towhee 6
Field Sparrow 4
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 30
White-throated Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 14
Red-winged Blackbird 125
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 4
House Sparrow
4
Phil Silas
Woodbridge, VA
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