18 Black Vultures were on logs and such by the river at Great Falls, straight out from the viewing platform.
No Bald Eagles were to be found when I was there from 9:30 am to 12:44pm. Rain began at 10am, falling steadily for a while, then intermittantly. However, there were also:
Canada Goose (2)
Mallard (8)
American Black Duck (3)
Ring-necked Duck (44)
Bufflehead (6)
Common Merganser (10)
Ring-Billed Gull
Boneparte's Gull (12)
Great Blue Heron (14; 11 were in a single flock moving downstream together)
Turkey Vulture (3)
American Crow
Blue Jay (3)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (4)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker (2, maybe 3)
Cedar Waxwing (82; 3 large flocks feeding on cedar by the canal)
American Robin (9)
Eastern Bluebird (9)
Carolina Chickadee (3)
white-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Brown Creeper (4)
No. Cardinal (2)
Dark-eyed Junco (10)
Did find the Bald Eagles down at Sycamore Island (2 adults, perched near the nest), and also of note, between 1:10pm and 3:20pm:
Pied-billed Grebe
Common Merganser (7)
Good birding,
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Frank Powers
Glen Echo, MD
Montgomery County |