5 June 2011: 0800 AM - 1110 EDT
Phil Kenny leading;
checking Hunting Creek cove, adjacent Potomac, Jone's Point shoreline, Wilson
Bridge from picnic ground shore; to S end Marina, then down Haul Rd to N
platform and return;
16 to 17 C; overcast after short period of showers ~0645; ENE 16 km/hr
dropping to E 5 km/hr; high tide ~1110; no exposed flats off Hunting Creek
even at 0750);
Canada Goose 100
Tundra Swan 2
Mallard 25
Double-crested Cormorant 13
Great Blue Heron 7
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 11 (5 on nests)
Bald Eagle 3 ( 2 ad; 1 im: 2nd/3rd yr)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (on Wilson Bridge support, towards E end)
American Coot 1 (along shore N of boat ramp)
Herring Gull 1 (on barge)
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 8 (including begging fledged young);
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 4 (including 1 singing from nest);
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 14 (including active nest box)
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 22 (including begging fledged young)
Tufted Titmouse 9 (including begging fledged young)
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 12
Marsh Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 4
Northern Parula 1 (singing from S end picnic grounds while we went through
checklist);
Yellow Warbler 4
Prothonotary Warbler 1 (in swampy woods between Haul Rd and bike path)
Common Yellowthroat 2
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 35 (including begging fledged young)
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Orchard Oriole 5
Baltimore Oriole 6 (including active nest over HaulRrd between dogleg and
bridge)
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 10
51 species
Sherman Suter
Alexandria VA 22307 / Port Republic MD 20676
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