Ducks and Shorebirds at Hunting Creek, VA
KurtCapt87@aol.com
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:13:05 EST
This morning, 27 Oct 98, at the Hunting Creek mudflats, just north of the
Belle View picnic area off the GW parkway and just south of the beltway and
Alexandria, at 0830, about 1 hour past low tide, in addition to the usual
Double-crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, the 4 gulls (at
least 500+ Laughing Gulls present) and a Kingfisher, the following were
noted....
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Mute Swan - 1
C. Goose - 200+(est)
Green-winged Teal - 1
Mallard - 26
Black Duck - 12
No. Pintail - 245
No. Shoveler - 199
Am Coot - 31+
Killdeer - 51
Greater Yellowlegs - 4
Lesser Yellowlegs - 5
Pectoral Sandpiper - 3
Caspian Tern - 4
Forster's Tern - 29
hydrilla mats just south of the bridge...
Pied-billed Grebe - 46
Canada Goose - 40+(est)
Mallard - 3
No. Pintail - 7
No. Shoveler - 7
Am Coot - 228
According to the VOS blue book, 98 Pied-billed Grebes were recorded at Hunting
Creek 25 Oct 1991. I believe the current 47 on the Potomac are in Maryland
waters. Does anyone know the Maryland Potomac and state maximums for PBG?
Kurt Gaskill, kurtcapt87@aol.com