Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Now is a great time to see them.
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Wednesday, February 20
By Margarita Yatsevich A woodpecker hammering, a crow’s hoarse call and a few song bird chirps: these were the sounds of winter solitude on a recent day at Mason Neck State Park in Lorton. A small group of adults crossed the lawn by the park’s playground. They were dressed in coats and hats for the 40-degree weather. A solitary great blue heron rose from the ice near the shore and gracefully flew away toward the distant northern shore of Belmont Bay. “We came for bald eagles.,” said bird watcher Scot Mcintosh. “There were none this time, but we saw a red-bellied wood pecker and a beaver den.” Mason Neck State Park is home to the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, and is home to dozens of bald eagles. “Sightings depend…
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The park is home to a bald eagle habitat.
The Wildlife Center of Virginia will release a bald eagle at Mason Neck State Park on Wednesday. The young eagle was hatched earlier this year and was rescued from southwest Washington, D.C. This eagle is among 24 treated by the center since the beginning of the year, and one of two bald eagles that will be released this week. On Thursday, another bald eagle will be released at Berkley Plantation near Richmond. Wildlife Center of Virginia members will meet at the park Visitors Center at 11 a.m. The release is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
It was in the Gunston Manor neighborhood
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
This morning, Patch was out with bird enthusiast Rob Hartwell looking for bald eagles in Mason Neck. We found one at around 8:45 a.m. in the Gunston Manor neighborhood. Some of the eagle nests in the area have been around for up to 15 years and weigh 2,000 pounds. Enjoy the photos!
Sally Spangler
12:51 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012
I have, in years past been able to watch eagles or other hawks/falcons and certainly buzzards and more eagles patrol the skies overhead. Every once in a while a hawk will land in a tree and sit there. I then stop and look, really look. We have both Cooper hawks and Sharp Shin hawks in the appropriate time of year flying over the highways and Mason Neck. There have been one or more owls who prefer… more ›