Yesterday Nancy and I did miles 70, 71, & 72 of the C&O Canal Winter Count
in Washington County. The results for each mile are as follows:
Canada Goose 15 57 5
Mallard 0 7 0
Common Goldeneye 2 0 0
Common Merganser 16 0 3
Great Blue Heron 0 0 1
Turkey Vulture 4 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 0
Belted Kingfisher 1 0 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 0 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0 1 0
Downy Woodpecker 2 3 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1 0 0
Pileated Woodpecker 1 0 0
Blue Jay 1 0 1
American Crow 2 3 9
Eastern Bluebird 16 2 1
American Robin 30 0 0
Northern Mockingbird 2 0 0
European Starling 19 0 0
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 3 0
Brown Creeper 0 1 1
Carolina Wren 2 3 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 1 1
Carolina Chickadee 4 5 8
Tufted Titmouse 1 0 7
House Sparrow 0 0 3
American Goldfinch 8 0 9
House Finch 0 0 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 0 1 0
Song Sparrow 1 0 2
White-throated Sparrow 16 0 11
Dark-eyed Junco 12 3 8
Eastern Towhee 2 0 0
Northern Cardinal 2 1 3
The large numbers of bluebirds and robins were feeding on English Ivy. The
Potomac was open except for the area above the construction of the new Route
34 bridge to Shepherdstown, WV.
Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD |