A convivial group of birders including Kevin Graff, Joette Borzik, Phil Welser, & Eric Dubbin joined Nancy and me on the C&O Winter bird count, yesterday. Fortunately, the wind that was forecast did not happen, although we did have some light snowfall during the walk. The sun did not make it through the clouds until the end of the walk. Nevertheless, it was quite pleasant in comparison to previous canal counts.
The most unexpected bird was a Greater Scaup seen during mile 72 upstream from the railroad trestle.
Out totals for the 37 species recorded for the three miles are as follows:
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Canada Goose 94
Mallard 15
Greater Scaup 1
Common Goldeneye 19
Common Merganser 31
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 12
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 19
Common Raven 3
Carolina Chickadee 33
Tufted Titmouse 30
White-breasted Nuthatch 14
Brown Creeper 10
Carolina Wren 29
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 50
Eastern Bluebird 7
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 183
European (Common) Starling 32
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 28
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 31
American Goldfinch 1
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Elliot
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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
kingfisher501 at gmail dot com
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