Photo: Northern Pintail, Nick Vance/Audubon Photography Awards

When: Saturday, January 29, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CANCELED
Where: Mason Neck State Park
Fee: FREE, but registration is required

Attention: This trip has been cancelled for safety reasons due to expected snow, precipitation and threat of unsafe driving and walking conditions. We apologize for the inconvenience.

This opportunity is limited to participants in the Winter Waterfowl Workshop and Kahoot! if slots are still remaining. A waitlist is available in case slots open up.

Are you new to birding and would like to improve your waterfowl identification skills? Join Larry Cartwright at Mason Neck and we will view a wide assortment of waterfowl. We will become acquainted with: Tundra Swans, dabbling ducks such as Mallards, Northern Pintails, and American Black Ducks, and small diving ducks such as Hooded Mergansers and Buffleheads. If we are lucky, we may see large rafts of Lesser Scaup in the channel of the Potomac River. We will also look for additional divers like Ruddy Ducks, Common Mergansers, Redheads, and Canvasbacks, and dabblers like American Wigeons and Gadwall. We may also see an assortment of waterbird species like American Coots, Great Blue Herons, and Pied-billed Grebes and we will explain the differences between “waterfowl” and “waterbirds.”

Directions will be sent to registered participants. Due to space limitations by permit regulation, individuals who did not sign up in advance will not be allowed to join the group.