Twelve birders joined Nancy and me for the 8:00 a.m., Wednesday walk along
the C&O Canal between milepost 72 and 73. We had a total of 39 species, the
highlights being very good, leisurely looks at a migrating Black-crowned
Night-Heron and fleeting, treetop looks at a Yellow-throated Warbler.

The complete list is as follows:
  
 Black-crowned Night-Heron
 Black Vulture   
 Turkey Vulture   
 Canada Goose   
 Mallard   
 Cooper's Hawk   
 Red-tailed Hawk   
 Killdeer   
 Mourning Dove   
 Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Downy Woodpecker  
 Northern Flicker  
 Pileated Woodpecker
 Eastern Phoebe   
 Blue Jay   
 American Crow   
 Fish Crow   
 Tree Swallow   
 Carolina Chickadee
 Tufted Titmouse   
 White-breasted Nuthatch
 Carolina Wren   
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Eastern Bluebird  
 American Robin   
 European Starling 
 Cedar Waxwing   
 Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Yellow-throated Warbler
 Palm Warbler   
 Louisiana Waterthrush
 Chipping Sparrow  
 Field Sparrow   
 White-throated Sparrow
 Northern Cardinal 
 Red-winged Blackbird
 Brown-headed Cowbird
 House Finch   
 American Goldfinch

 -- 
Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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