It was a slow day for the Christmas Bird Count as our group of four
tallied 36 species. Conditions were not optimal with early morning fog and
residual ice. The birds of the day were on the very rough Potomac -- a coot &
ruddy duck. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 160
Mallard 1
Ring-necked Duck 12
Common Merganser 7
Ruddy Duck 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 10
Mourning Dove 1
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 24
White-breasted Nuthatch 15
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 12
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
Eastern Bluebird 12
American Robin 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 45
Northern Cardinal 14
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
