I birded between mileposts 39 and 42 (starting at 42, going 
to 39, then back to 42) of the C&O canal from 7:25 to 11:45 
am this morning as part of the C&O Canal Winter Bird Survey. 
My aggregated report is below.  Best birds for me were 
COMMON RAVEN and WINTER WREN (but also *lots* of 
woodpeckers, creepers, and bluebirds).  I had just got on a 
warbler when everyone got spooked by a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK -- 
the warbler was a drab olive color, gleaning the end of a 
thin, bare branch about 20 ft up on the other side of the 
canal.  Orange-crowned??

Canada Goose  			11
Great Blue Heron 		2
Black Vulture 			4
Turkey Vulture 			1
Bald Eagle 			2
Sharp-shinned Hawk	 	1
Red-tailed Hawk 		4
gull sp. 			20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 		11
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 	3
Downy Woodpecker 		12
Hairy Woodpecker 		5
Northern Flicker 		3
Pileated Woodpecker 		4
Blue Jay 			8
American Crow 			46
Common Raven 			3
Carolina Chickadee 		22
Tufted Titmouse 		16
White-breasted Nuthatch 	12
Brown Creeper 			6
Carolina Wren 			20
Winter Wren 			3
Golden-crowned Kinglet		6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 		1
Eastern Bluebird 		20
Hermit Thrush 			1
European Starling 		10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 		5
warbler sp. 			1
Song Sparrow 			9
Swamp Sparrow 			1
White-throated Sparrow 		18
Dark-eyed Junco 		23
Northern Cardinal 		16
American Goldfinch		8

36 species.

D

-- 
Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
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