Our group of fifteen tallied 44 species (+1 other taxa). Highlights included
good looks at adult and juvenile cuckoos, a blue heron chasing a great egret
and wood thrushes high in grapevines. All are welcome to join this regular
Sunday walk that begins at 8:00 am in the visitor's center parking lot. -
- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 24
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 18
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 4
Broad-winged Hawk 5
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5
Chimney Swift 200
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker 20
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Empidonax sp. 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 8
Eastern Bluebird 10
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 50
Cedar Waxwing 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 6
American Goldfinch 4
