My wife and I took a walk around Occoquan Bay NWR this afternoon.
Ducks are beginning to show up on the bay.
We saw a couple rafts of Ruddy Ducks on Occoquan Bay.
On Belmont Bay we saw a lone duck out among some gulls. I'm pretty sure
it was a female Canvasback.
http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/105098284
Please let me know if you think my identification is incorrect.
Other birds we saw on the walk:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (several right along the path giving great looks)
Blue Jay
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Red-shouldered Hawk
Canada Goose
E. Starling (large flocks)
Carolina Wren
DC Cormorant
Northern Cardinal
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
American Bald Eagle (immature)
Great Blue Heron
