Following is the count from Sunday's weekly bird walk at Great Falls
National Park, which identified approximately 28 species and included 6
participants. Birds were in abundance despite the single-digit temperature (3
degrees, actually) at the start of the walk. Although there were gobs of
Canada Geese, relatively few species of ducks were sighted -- Common
Mergansers, Black Ducks, and Mallards only -- likely due to the amount of ice
on the river. And even the ice was singing.
The walk meets at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings, rain or shine, in front of the
snack bar/concession stand of the Great Falls Park visitors' center; it does
not take place, though, during electrical storms, heavy snows, or when the
trails are icy. All birders are welcome!
Canada Goose 480
Mallard 65
American Black Duck 2
Common Merganser 6
Black Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 2 One eagle was perched adjacent to the Conn Island nest; the
other was in a canopy tree along the path that joins Great Falls Park and
Riverbend Park, in approximately the same location as on 12/24 and 12/31/2017.
Mourning Dove 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Undisclosed location.
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 12
crow sp. 8
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 13
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Dark-eyed Junco 5
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41719684
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
