Following last week's good birding at Accotink Bay on Ft. Belvoir, I decided
to give it a bit more time today. Birds were active all morning and I
encountered 16 species of Warbler, the highlight of which was a singing Cape
May in a treetop just before the descent down the hill to the bay. A
Chestnut-sided was singing nearby and sat up nicely (camera in car, or
course) for a good view. A highly cooperative Prothonotary Warbler gave good
picture ops along Accotink Creek Trail, near the suspension pedestrian
bridge. The big highlight was a Redhead in the bay with a Ruddy Duck and a
Coot. Could this be the same Redhead that Kurt Gaskill has been seeing a few
miles south in Belmont Bay? Most of the birds were seen on the loop around
the bay and up the hill, plus Basin Trial near the archery range and
Accotink Creek Trail.
Complete list is below.
Pics of the Redhead can be seen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveboltz/7166468298/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveboltz/7168262212/
Photos others, including the Prothonotary can be seen (fist 14 pics) at:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/daveboltz/
Dave Boltz
Alexandria/Fairfax County
Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, Fairfax, US-VA
May 9, 2012 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
78 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 12
Mallard 2
Redhead 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 18
Bald Eagle 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay X
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
crow sp. X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 1
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 9
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal X
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 8
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 9
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