Nancy and I walked the C&O Canal this morning from milepost 68 to 70. We had
two singing Yellow-throated Warblers and one singing Louisiana Waterthrush.
The entire list, including some counts, is as follows:
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Canada Goose
Wood Duck 10 (5 pair)
Mallard 3
Common Merganser 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 (a pair engaged in courtship+)
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
At Antietam battlefield there were numerous pipits in a mixed flock with
juncos and bluebirds.
--
Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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