It was a very slow day. Our group of four birders identified 40 species.
Despite the low water, the number of mallards continues to increase. This
Sunday walk meets at 8:00 am in the visitors center courtyard. All are
welcome. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 8
Mallard 60
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 2
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 17
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 100
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 15
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 3
European Starling 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 3
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
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