The Northern Virginia Bird Club visited Occoquan Bay NWR in Woodbridge this
morning. Beautiful weather for a change. The 26 birders accumulated a list
of 72 species. Highlights were a king rail calling from the marsh along the
wildlife drive where the road is blocked; a small flock of rusty blackbirds
in the same spot; a common loon that flew over the parking lot while we
assembled; 2 blue winged teal in the pond next to the parking lot; palm
warbler singing from the golf course; pine warbler along Deephole Point
Road; red-headed woodpecker along Marumsco Creek; 2 barred owls calling near
the entrance gate; savannah sparrow at the parking lot; fox sparrows along
Bayview Drive; Wilson's snipe in the marsh near Deephole Pt.; greater
yellowlegs in Marumsco Creek; kestrel in the big field along Charlie Road.
We also noted lots of osprey, phoebe, and tree swallow activity, and eagles
were sitting on both nests. The complete list is below.
Marc Ribaudo
Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince William, Virginia, US
Mar 25, 2017 6:43 AM - 12:48 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.5 mile(s)
72 species
Canada Goose 30
Tundra Swan 2
Wood Duck 10
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 24
Greater Scaup 4
Lesser Scaup 1000
Bufflehead 36
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 4
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 16 Lots of activity
Bald Eagle 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
King Rail 1
American Coot 100
Wilson's Snipe 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Ring-billed Gull 60
Herring Gull 10
Mourning Dove 8
Barred Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 20
Pileated Woodpecker 3
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 12
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 10
Tree Swallow 16
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 3
American Robin 20
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 12
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 30
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 50
Swamp Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 14 Lots of activity
Northern Cardinal 20
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Rusty Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35416008
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
