Following is the count from Sunday's weekly bird walk sponsored by Great Falls
National Park, which identified 23 species and included 8 participants. The
Potomac was running very high and we were not able to bird upstream. The day
was partly cloudy -- well certainly it was overcast whenever we tried to see
warblers! We saw hundreds of Blue Jays... with several groups flying high
overhead.
This walk meets at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings, rain or shine, in the alcove
before the snack bar/concession stand of the Great Falls National Park
Visitors' Center; it does not take place, though, during electrical storms,
heavy snows, or when the trails are icy. All those with an interest in the
natural world, beginning and experience birders, or those interested in a nice
walk in a beautiful setting please join us.
Species Count
Canada Goose 40
Mourning Dove 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 200
crow sp. 3
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 13
Eastern Bluebird 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Catharus sp. 1
American Robin 9
American Goldfinch 4
Ovenbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 11
