Spent the morning at Occoquan (7AM-12N), foggy until ~9:30. I spent the first
1.5 hrs in the parking lot , primarily near the pond, and the first 100 yds of
Bayview - extremely birdy. I then went down to the end of Bayview and back,
then out Fox Rd., right on Deephole Pt Rd. to the photo blind, then reversed
course heading around Deephole Pt Rd past Easy Rd to view the cove, then back
down Easy to Bayview and then to parking lot.
Highlights, 9 species of Sparrow including 4 Fox Sparrows (saw all 9 species
at the parking lot and 100 yds down Bayview fr. 7-8:30 alone); Tundra Swans;
Rusty Blackbirds, and the final species of the day @ 11:50 AM, a flock of 10
Wild Turkeys on the lawn and on the fence to the right of the entrance gate
just outside the refuge.
Scott D. Priebe
Springfield, VA
Canada Goose
29
Tundra Swan 2
Gadwall
4
American Black Duck
3
Ring-necked Duck
4
Scaup spp. 12
Bufflehead
7
Ruddy Duck
500+
Wild Turkey
10
Double-crested Cormorant
1
Great Blue Heron
1
Red-shouldered Hawk
2
Laughing Gull
3
Mourning Dove
10
Red-bellied Woodpecker
2
Downy Woodpecker
5
Northern Flicker
2
Blue Jay
15
American Crow
X
Fish Crow
X
Carolina Chickadee
13
Tufted Titmouse
9
House Wren
1 (singing)
Carolina Wren
7
Golden-crowned Kinglet
4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3
Eastern Bluebird
15
Hermit Thrush
2
American Robin
75
Northern Mockingbird
3
Brown Thrasher
1
European Starling
100+
Cedar Waxwing
9
Yellow-rumped Warbler
19
Eastern Towhee
5
Chipping Sparrow
6
Field Sparrow
8
Savannah Sparrow
3
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow
45
Swamp Sparrow
4
White-throated Sparrow
22
Dark-eyed Junco
28
Northern Cardinal
25
Red-winged Blackbird
4
Rusty Blackbird
3
Common Grackle
5
Brown-headed Cowbird
4
American Goldfinch 7
