Go birding with us!
We have birdwalks at the Occoquan Bay Refuge the 2nd Saturday of every month, No experience is neccesary! Be prepared for the weather conditions and to walk for an hour and a half. We meet at the store between 7:45 and 8 am.***Pleasne note we are no longer doing walks on the 4th Saturday of the month ***
Occoquan Bay NWR website:
http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=51611
Check the weather!!!!
Here is a list of what we saw and heard on November 11th
Bald Eagles
Mockingbirds
European Starlings
Eastern Bluebirds
American Robins
Red-winged Blackbirds
Mourning Doves
Blue Jays
Great Blue Herons
Northern Cardinals
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Dark-eyed Juncos
Field Sparrows
American Crows
Fish Crows
Song Sparrows
Turkey Vultures
Carolina Wrens
Winter Wrens
Canada Geese
Northern Flickers
Ring-billed Gulls
Double-crested Cormorants
Carolina Chickadees
House Finches
Downy Woodpeckers
Pileated Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpeckers
Tufted Titmouses
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawks
Sharp-shinned Hawk
White-throated Sparrows
Bufflehead Ducks
Ruddy Ducks
American Black Ducks
Green-winged Teals
Wood Ducks
Hooded Mergansers
Pied-billed Grebes
Belted Kingfishers
Mallards
American Coots
Bonaparte's Gull
Royal Terns
Greater Black-backed Gulls