6 people came on the Wednesday morning walk along the C&O Canal near
milepost 72 today. We had good looks at Prothonotary & Yellow-throated
Wablers, Northern Parula, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Baltimore Oriole.
Later, Nancy and I went down to the Canal across from Haarpers Ferry
(Maryland Heights) and saw Orchard Oriole and Eastern Kingbird. All told, we
had a total of 42 species.
The list:
Great Blue Heron (Maryland Heights)
Black Vulture (Maryland Heights)
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (Maryland Heights)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird (Maryland Heights)
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Maryland Heights)
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole (Maryland Heights)
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
--
Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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