The Northern Virginia Bird Club trip to Occoquan NWR, led by Gerco Hoogeweg and
myself, was very successful this morning. While only small numbers of
migrants were about, the diverse habitat resulted in a nice mix of birds, and
we ended up with a list of 73 species. Highlights were a flock of bobolinks
behind the pond, 3 ruby-crowned kinglets, 4 calling king rails, a pair of
kestrels, great horned owl, an exquisite juvenile northern harrier, a solitary
sandpiper at the pond near the parking lot, and lots of indigo buntings and
blue grosbeaks. Here is the complete list.
pied-billed grebe
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
great egret
green heron
canada goose
wood duck
mallard
black duck
lesser scaup
turkey vulture
osprey
bald eagle
Cooper's hawk
red-tailed hawk
American kestrel
wild turkey
king rail
American coot
solitary sandpiper
ring-billed gull
herring gull
laughing gull
Caspian tern
rock pigeon
mourning dove
great horned owl
chimney swift
ruby-throated hummingbird
belted kingfisher
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
pileated woodpecker
eastern wood pewee
eastern phoebe
great crested flycatcher
tree swallow
northern rough-winged swallow
ruby-crowned kinglet
cedar waxwing
carolina wren
house wren
gray catbird
northern mockingbird
brown thrasher
eastern bluebird
American robin
caronlina chickadee
tufted titmouse
blue jay
American crow
fish crow
European starling
white-eyed vireo
red-eyed vireo
house finch
American goldfinch
magnolia warbler
palm warbler
American redstart
northern waterthrush
common yellowthroat
scarlet tanager
eastern towhee
field sparrow
song sparrow
northern cardinal
blue grosbeak
indigo bunting
bobolink
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
Marc Ribaudo
Woodbridge, VA
