On this sunny day our group of eight tallied 42 species. Highlights included
good looks at a catbird and tree swallow, and FOS ring- billed gull. With the
river still high and relatively fast, there was a paucity of waterfowl. The
eagle's nest seems to have weathered Sandy well although the tree may have lost
another branch. The park seems to have fared well during Sandy.
The walk meets at 8:00am in the visitor's center parking lot and all are
welcome. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 36
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 2
Common Merganser 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 12
Bald Eagle 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 125
Fish Crow 100
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 10
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 50
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler 36
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 30
Northern Cardinal 4
American Goldfinch 4
