It was a great day for the Great Falls Walk with our group of twelve birders
tallying 65 species.
We divided up with a group going to the quarry and then up the Carriage Trail
where they added a veery, ovenbird
and common yellowthroat. We continued up river almost to the dam. We had
particularly good looks at a scarlet tanager,
rose- breasted grosbecks, multiple orioles, warbling vireo and parula. The
walk meets at 8:00am in the visitors center
courtyard and all are welcome. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 12
Common Merganser 2
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 36
Black Vulture 7
Turkey Vulture 14
Bald Eagle 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 20
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 10
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 30
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12
Eastern Bluebird 6
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 5
American Robin 6
Cedar Waxwing 100
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 5
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 7
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Orchard Oriole 10
Baltimore Oriole 20
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 15
