Following is the count from Sunday's weekly bird walk at Great Falls
National Park, which identified approximately 29 species and included 6
participants. The diversity of birds was a pleasant surprise given the low
temperature and wind; ducks were, however, lacking in abundance. The river was
flowing swiftly after the recent rain, with much of last weekend's ice caught
up in the current. Nice views of pancake ice formations at the main falls
overlook.
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 150
Mallard 8
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 8
Black Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 2 One was observed soaring above the Park's main picnic area and
adjacent woods; the other was, as in recent weeks, perched in the canopy just
downstream from the small dam separating Great Falls Park from Riverbend.
Ring-billed Gull 4
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Undisclosed location.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
American Crow 1
crow sp. 4
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Dark-eyed Junco 6
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 13
Northern Cardinal 7
American Goldfinch 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41901288
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
