Following is the count from Sunday's weekly bird walk sponsored by National
Park Service Great Falls Park. Our eight participants identified 32 species + 4
taxa. On a cold clear morning our group of 11 stalwart birders were greeted
with a soaring Red-tailed hawk, a Bald Eagle fly by and a mysterious Bueto sp.
across the Potomac on the Maryland side. Later we saw the Eagles sitting on
their nest up River at Conn Island and also ferreted out a Golden Crowned
Kinglet.
This walk meets at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings, rain or shine, in the Great
Falls parking lot. The walk does not take place 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 who just want in a nice walk
in a beautiful and historical setting are welcomed to join us.
32 species (+4 other taxa)
Canada Goose 36
Mallard 8
American Black Duck 2
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 1
Bufflehead 18
Common Merganser 3
Mourning Dove 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
gull sp. 10
Great Blue Heron 5
Black Vulture 12
Turkey Vulture 6
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
owl sp. 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 11
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 7
crow sp. 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 7
Hermit Thrush 1
American Goldfinch 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 3
Common Grackle 2
Northern Cardinal 10
