We had a nice walk along the C&O Canal from Pennyfield Lock heading upstream this morning, Sunday, March 25, seeing 34 species of birds.  Highlights included Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal in the impoundments, as well as two male and two female Rusty Blackbirds foraging on the edge of the first impoundment.  A complete list appears below.  We also saw several unidentified small white butterflies, an early sulphur butterfly of some type, and a couple of commas or questionmarks and lots of happy turtles sunning.

Jim and Ann Nelson
Bethesda, Maryland
Location:     C&O Canal, Pennyfield Lock
Observation date:     3/25/07
Notes:     Number of Ring-necked Ducks is conservative.  Many too far away to see clearly on the Potomac River.
Number of species:     37

Canada Goose     13
Wood Duck     10
Mallard     4
Blue-winged Teal     3
Green-winged Teal     1
Ring-necked Duck     104
Bufflehead     1
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     3
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     6
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
hawk sp.     1
Larus sp.     5
Mourning Dove     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Downy Woodpecker     4
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Eastern Phoebe     7
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     4
Fish Crow     1
crow sp.     3
Tree Swallow     2
Carolina Chickadee     24
Tufted Titmouse     8
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Carolina Wren     7
Eastern Bluebird     7
Yellow-rumped Warbler     11
warbler sp.     1
Song Sparrow     8
Northern Cardinal     3
Rusty Blackbird     4

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