I spent 3 hours at Occoquan Bay this morning. Lots of sparrow activity early
on, particularly along Bayview Road between Easy Road and Charlie Road. Along
this stretch I saw lots of song and white-throats, 2 fox, 1 white-crowned, 6
swamp, 6 field, and 2 savannah, plus an eastern towhee. Another sparrow hot
spot was at the end of Charlie road. All sparrow species seen earlier except
white-crowned were present. I heard a rusty blackbird along Deephole Point
Road as I approached the gazebo. At the river a common loon flew by in
formation with a coromorant. Also in the river were 5 horned grebes, hundreds
of coots, and a variety of ducks, including gadwall, American wigeon, ruddy
duck, bufflehead, red-breasted merganser, lesser scaup, and ring-necked duck.
Here is the complete list of 62 species:
Canada goose
gadwall
American wigeon
American black duck
mallard
green-winged teal
ring-necked duck
lesser scaup
bufflehead
hooded merganser
red-breasted merganser
ruddy duck
common loon
pied-billed grebe
horned grebe
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
black vulture
turkey vulture
bald eagle
red-shouldered hawk
red-tailed hawk
American coot
laughing gull
ring-billed gull
herring gull
great black-backed gull
mourning dove
belted kingfisher
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
pileated woodpecker
blue jay
fish crow
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
brown creeper
carolina wren
winter wren
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
eastern bluebird
American robin
northern mockingbird
european starling
cedar waxwing
yellow-rumped warbler
eastern towhee
field sparrow
savannah sparrow
fox sparrow
song sparrow
swamp sparrow
white-throated sparrow
white-crowned sparrow
dark-eyed junco
northern cardinal
red-winged blackbird
rusty blackbird
house finch
American goldfinch
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge
