Twenty-six birders attended the Northern Virginia Bird Club trip to
Occoqauan Bay NWR. We had a very successful morning with 73 species
tallied. Of note were 2 calling king rails, about 30 rusty blackbirds at
the marsh (trying to drown out the calling rails), a pine warbler near the
banding station, two eastern meadowlarks in the grass next to the parking
lot, a couple of common loons, 4 Bonaparte's gulls, and a sizable flock of
turkeys along the entrance road with several displaying males. We heard
several singing fox sparrows and saw a group of 6 white-crowned sparrows.
While waiting in the parking lot prior to the walk a pair of northern
harriers flew by, a male and a female. Here is the complete list:
Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince William, US-VA
Mar 30, 2013 7:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
73 species
Canada Goose 70
Wood Duck 7
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 6
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 450
Bufflehead 40
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Ruddy Duck 15
Wild Turkey 30
Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 9
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 70
Great Blue Heron 20
Great Egret 3
Black Vulture 20
Turkey Vulture 15
Osprey 25
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 6
Red-tailed Hawk 2
King Rail 2
American Coot 300
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Wilson's Snipe 3
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 5
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 12
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 6
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 3
Carolina Wren 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 8
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 12
Pine Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 7
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 35
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 20
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 20
Red-winged Blackbird 70
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Rusty Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
American Goldfinch 2
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge
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