Our group of eight tallied 45 species. The highlighted today were two
red-headed woodpeckers. We had a very long, clear look at one, nestled in the
vee of a tree, devouring a cicada slowly. We had more fleeting glimpses of the
second bird. After a summer of finding ourselves lucky to see one cuckoo,
today we saw six in different areas of our walk. We also had three red-eyed
vireos feasting on fox grapes as well as a pileated. The river was low and
pretty quiet.
All are welcome to join this regular Sunday morning walk that meets at 8:00 am
in the visitors center parking lot. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 24
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 7
Common Merganser 3
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 24
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Chimney Swift 75
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
House Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 50
Gray Catbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 6
Northern Cardinal 6
American Goldfinch 6
