Good Morning,
Linda Friedland, Lydia Schindler and I walked the C&O Canal from Pennyfield
Lock to Violette's Lock IN Montgomery County this morning.  Here are our
sightings:  PL = Pennyfield Lock; VL = Violette's Lock; Tpath = Tow path
between Pennyfield and Violette's.

Horned Grebe: 2 VL
Double-crested Cormorant: 9 Tpath, 4 VL
Great Blue Heron: 4 Tpath, 4 VL
Canada Goose: 4 Tpath
Wood Duck: 4 Tpath, 1 PL
Mallard: 11 Tpath
Bufflehead: 17 VL
Red-breasted Merganser: 2 Tpath
Black Vulture: 1 VL
Turkey Vulture: 1 Tpath, 2 VL
Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 VL
Ring-billed Gull: 1 VL
American Herring Gull: 1 VL
Bonaparte's Gull: 10 VL
Belted Kingfisher: 2 Tpath
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 5 Tpath
Downy Woodpecker: 1 PL, 2 Tpath, 2 VL
Hairy Woodpecker: 1 Tpath
Northern Flicker: 1 VL
Pileated Woodpecker: 3 Tpath, 1 VL
Eastern Phoebe: 2 Tpath, 2 VL
Tree Swallow: 1 Tpath
Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 2 VL
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1 PL
Carolina Wren: 2 PL, 2 Tpath, 2 VL
American Robin: 1 VL
Carolina Chickadee: 2 PL, 6 Tpath, 5 VL
Tufted Titmouse: 1 PL, 5 Tpath, 5 VL
White-breasted Nuthatch: 2 Tpath
Blue Jay: 2 Tpath
American Crow: 1 Tpath, 2 VL
Fish Crow: 1 Tpath, 1 VL
Purple Finch: 2 Tpath
American Goldfinch: 2 Tpath
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 2 PL, 10 Tpath, 12 VL
Pine Warbler: 1 PL
Palm Warbler: 2 Tpath, 3 VL
Louisana Waterthrush: 1 PL, 6 Tpath, 1 VL  (THAT MAKES 8!)
Song Sparrow: 1 Tpath, 1 VL
White-throated Sparrow: 1 PL, 20 Tpath, 10 VL
Northern Cardinal: 6 Tpath, 5 VL
Red-winged Blackbird: 2 Tpath
Common Grackle: 3 VL
Brown-headed Cowbird: 4 VL
A very nice day.
Helen Patton
429 Hamilton Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 588-5418