Despite the threat of rain and overcast skies, my walk with two co-workers to Occoquan Bay NWR turned up 60 species. Highlights were King Rail (heard), 10 Bald Eagles, Prothonotary Warbler (one of 6 species of warbler), and Rusty Blackbirds.
Complete species list is below:
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 6
Gadwall 80
Mallard 5
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 20
Hooded Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 50
Wild Turkey 1
Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 20
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 15
Bald Eagle 10
Cooper's Hawk 1
Accipiter sp. 1
King Rail X
American Coot 200
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Caspian Tern 12
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
Winter Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 3
Yellow Warbler 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Prairie Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Rusty Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
American Goldfinch 10
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