The Northern Virginia Bird Club visited Occoquan Bay NWR in Woodbridge this
morning. The 23 attendees enjoyed gorgeous weather and some really nice birds.
Top finds were: a northern parula along Deephole Point Rd. near the
intersection with Delta Rd; a female black-throated blue warbler along Deephole
Point Rd. between Deephole Point and the gazebo; an immature black-crowned
night heron near the intersection of Deephole Point Rd. and Charlie Rd. Other
goodies were a common loon in Belmont Bay, rusty blackbird along the Wildlife
Drive at the marsh, and 7 horned grebes off the gazebo. The complete list of
the 69 species is below.
Canada goose
wood duck
gadwall
black duck
mallard
lesser scaup
red-breasted merganser
ruddy duck
common loon
pied-billed grebe
horned grebe
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
black-crowned night heron
turkey vulture
bald eagle
sharp-shinned hawk
red-shouldered hawk
red-tailed hawk
American coot
laughing gull
ring-billed gull
herring gull
great black-backed gull
Forster's tern
mourning dove
belted kingfisher
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
pileated woodpecker
blue jay
American crow
fish crow
Carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
brown creeper
Carolina wren
winter wren
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
eastern bluebird
hermit thrush
American robin
northern mockingbird
brown thrasher
european starling
cedar waxwing
northern parula
black-throated blue warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
palm warbler
eastern towhee
field sparrow
savannah sparrow
song sparrow
swamp sparrow
white-throated sparrow
whtie-crowned sparrow
dark-eyed junco
northern cardinal
red-winged blackbird
eastern meadowlark
rusty blackbird
common grackle
house finch
American goldfinch
house sparrow
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge
