Our group of eight tallied 52 species on this glorious morning. One of the
volunteers shared pictures of
a barred owl family that he taken in a tree off the Carriage Trail so we added
a trek along the RidgeTrail,
the Quarry and Carriage. Alas we did not see the three owlets and two adults.
However elsewhere in the
park, we did have good looks at a very cooperative parula singing his heart
out, a black crowned night heron
and newly fledged eagle who was trying his "heavy" wings and doing more hopping
than flying. We also saw
juvenile red-wings and kingbirds being fed by adults upstream. All in all it
was a productive morning.
This Sunday walk is open to all and meets at 8:00 am in the visitor's center
courtyard. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 1
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 7
Common Merganser 3 1 adult; 2 juveniles
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 16
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2 1 adult; 1 juvenile
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Chimney Swift 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Tree Swallow 12
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Parula 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 6
