Our group of six birders tallied 41 species. There was activity on the eagle's
nest with either egg turning or feeding young while the second adult was in a
nearby tree. Two large skeins of migrating geese were very high and headed
northward. We came across two cooperative pairs of pileated woodpeckers
either on the ground or at eye level. Other highlights included a phoebe,
cormorants and a tree swallow. All in all it was a nice mix of birds.
All are welcome to join this Sunday walk that meets at 8:00am in the visitor's
center courtyard. Occasionally we are delayed by a flock in the parking
lot. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 350
Wood Duck 2
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 2
Ring-necked Duck 25
Bufflehead 20
Common Merganser 6
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 6
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 12
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 3
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 30
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 2
