Seven very intrepid birders joined Phil Silas and me on the Northern
Virginia Bird Club trip to Occoquan Bay NWR in Woodbridge. Through steady
rain/drizzle and dense fog on the river we managed to tally 66 species. The
best bird is undoubtedly the continuing sedge wren, which was singing up a
storm between 7 and 8am. It was in the triangle of grass between Fox Road
and Bay View Drive, near the parking lot. Also encountered were the
continuing house wren near the parking lot (making it a 4 wren day), a late
tree sparrow, 4 female goldeneyes close to the shore (the only way we could
see waterfowl), 3 very vocal king rails, a singing hermit thrush, several
Bonaparte's gulls moving in and out of the fog close to shore, and a
winnowing Wilson's snipe. The complete list is below.
On the way home I stopped at the Belmont Marina and dense fog obscured
everything except a horned grebe in breeding plumage.
Marc Ribaudo
Occoquan Bay NWR - CPW02, Prince William, US-VA
Mar 29, 2014 6:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.3
66 species
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 6
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 4
Canvasback 2
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 4
Bufflehead 14
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 3
Wild Turkey 10
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 10
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 1
King Rail 3
American Coot 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 7
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 2
Sedge Wren 1
Carolina Wren 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 25
Brown Thrasher 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Towhee 5
American Tree Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 35
Swamp Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 18
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
American Goldfinch 2
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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17639625
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