I spent the afternoon at Occoquan Bay NWR today.
I was there to take pictures, but thought I'd let the list know what
birds I saw:
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow Warbler ( http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/111811790 ;)
Prothonotary Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow ( http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/111811788 ;)
Solitary Sandpiper - pond by parking lot (
http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/111811795 ;)
Osprey - lots of them on their nests (
http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/111811797 ;)
Tree Swallow - telling me it was too hot (
http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/111811785 ;)
Eastern Bluebird
Great Blue Heron
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Mallard
Wood Duck (saw one of them fly into a nest box)
Northern Cardinal
Mourning Dove
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
European Starling
Brown Thrasher
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
American Robin
In addition to the birds - saw a few other wild critters
Eastern Cottontail
White-tailed Deer
Muskrat ( http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/111811794 ;)
Water snake
Snapping Turtle
Red-eared Slider
A few butterflies and dragonflies
Don't forget to check for ticks if you visit OBNWR.
-- allen hart
-- Herndon, VA
