This morning I ventured to Weinberg Park for the first time in search of
the Red-headed Woodpecker. There was very little bird activity when I first
arrived and as I walked down the path to the water. I observed the ducks on
the water and birds in the scrub for a while. My attention was drawn to a
couple Downy Woodpeckers, when a larger bird flew from one side of the
opening to the other. I got my bins on it and it was the immature RED-
HEADED WOODPECKER.
Other observations:
Long-tailed Ducks (2)
Buffleheads (5)
Ring-billed Duck (1)
Mallards (2+)
Ring-necked Gulls
Greater Black-backed Gull (1)
Canada Geese
Northern Cardinal
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpeckers (10)
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
American Crow
Fish Crow
Eastern Towhee (lots of them, they were everywhere)
Red-winged Blackbirds
Could someone tell me what the large rock formation out in the water is
called? I don't have a scope and I couldn't make out what they were with my
bins from the shore, but there were large black birds lining the tops of
the rocks from one end to the other.
Thanks for your help,
Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD
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