[MDOsprey] Chain Bridge

Carrol Cowan (arielamc@worldnet.att.net)
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:11:03 +0000


I spent a little time yesterday afternoon (roughly 2:30-4) at Chain
Bridge & the platform just north of it.  A nice selection of raptors,
though no large numbers. From the bridge:
The usual Turkey Vultures and a Red-tailed Hawk overhead; a very
cooperative male American Kestrel hunting the ponds down below; a
Sharpie over the trees to the northwest and a probable Red-shouldered
(too far away for me to be sure) being harassed by crows in the
direction of Dalecarlia Reservoir.
>From the platform:
A Cooper's flew up from a tree just ahead of me, and I of course had
been looking for sparrows in the underbrush.  Then another -- or the
same -- probable Red-shouldered perched in the trees to the east,
clearly visible from the platform but too far away for a good i.d.  Then
invisible once I returned to the towpath.

Also the usual Great Blue Herons, Mallards (no wood ducks), Canada
Geese, a lone Ring-billed Duck, Goldfinches, etc.