Following is the count from Sunday's weekly bird walk sponsored by Great Falls
National Park. Our ten participants identified 37 species + 1 hawk species.
Our highlights were a FOS White-throated sparrow, ruby-crowned kinglets, six
different woodpecker species and a large group Cedar wax wings removing all the
grapes they could find. This was good count for this time of year and we were
lucky to find to two large mixed flocks that kept us all busy - often each of
us on a different bird at the same time.
This walk meets at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings, rain or shine, in the alcove
before the snack bar/concession stand of the Great Falls National Park
Visitors' Center; it does not take place, though, during electrical storms,
heavy snows, or when the trails are icy. All those with an interest in the
natural world, beginning and experience birders, or those interested in a nice
walk in a beautiful and historical setting please join us.
37 species and 1 taxa.
Count - Species
Canada Goose 29
Mallard 2
Common Merganser 1 Commonly seen in this location
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 5
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Black Vulture 11
Turkey Vulture 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Broad-winged Hawk 1
hawk sp. 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 7
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 80
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 30
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 30
White-throated Sparrow 5 First of Season
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 10
