Today I birded Piscataway Park Accokeek Creek (starting at parking area 
located across from 2800 Bryan Point Road). You can park in the lot by the 
road or you can drive in and park in the lot at the entrance of the boardwalk 
along the Potomac River. This was a wonderful place (especially on the 
boardwalk) and had many different habitats for birding. The trail goes through 
open fields, marshes, and woods. It follows the Potomac River and provides 
opportunities for some close up looks at the waterfowl.

In the morning at the boardwalk, there were 23 Tundra Swans, a mixture of 
adult and immatures. They were singing to each other and I was mesmerized. I 
listened and watched them as long as they stayed. Eventually, an eagle 
scared them away.

Here's what I saw:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan (23 in the a.m., 2 in the p.m.)
Gadwall
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Nothern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwings (4 groups throughout am-pm)
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
American Goldfinch

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD