Our group of five on this overcast morning tallied 33 species. Highlights of
the day were a resplendent yellow bellied sapsucker and cooperative eastern
phoebes. The eagles continue tending the nest on Conn Island, and while we
have not seen chicks, their behavior indicates that they are there. With
the river high and fast there were no mallards or black ducks to be seen.
To digress....spring beauties were budding and skunk cabbage blooming.
All are welcome to join this Sunday morning walk that meets at 8:00am in the
visitors center courtyard. Upon occasion should there be a flock in the
parking, there may be a delay getting to visitors center. -- Marshall Rawson,
McLean VA
Canada Goose 18
Ring-necked Duck 5
Bufflehead 2
Common Merganser 4
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 7
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 6
Bald Eagle 2
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 7
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Northern Cardinal 8
Common Grackle 10
