This morning I walked the C&O Canal with Debbie Terry and Elliot Kirschbaum. We covered the four miles from Lock 31 (Weverton) to the area below Dam #3 (opposite Harpers Ferry). Despite the mostly overcast and breezy weather there were numerous small flocks of passerines along the towpath. Birds seen were:

Canada Goose - hundreds scattered among the rocks, particularly below the dam
Wood Duck  1
Black Duck  4
Mallard  15
Green-winged Teal  1
DC Cormorant  45
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  1 above Lock 34
Osprey  1
Sapsucker  1
Raven  1 heard
Brown Creeper  2
Winter Wren  1 heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet  6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
Catbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  10
Parula  3
Cape May Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  7
Myrtle Warbler  8
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Yellowthroat  1
White-throated Sparrow  3

--
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD