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C&O Canal Milepost 27 to Milepost 30, Montgomery County

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Jim and Ann Nelson

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Jim and Ann Nelson

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Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:27:02 -0500

I covered the C&O Canal from Milepost 27 (near Sycamore Landing) to Milepost 30 this morning as part of the Canal count.

I saw 31 species in all.  Highlights were 2 Common Raven, lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets and Winter Wren, and a lot of Bufflehead, notwithstanding the presence of waterfowl hunters shooting along the 3 miles I covered.  There were a lot of Canada Geese, avoiding the hunters by staying at the turf farm near Sycamore Landing for part of the morning.

This is slightly less than the number of species I had in this stretch on last year's count (33 last year), and the mix was different (this year no Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Mourning Dove, Northern Flicker (!), Fish Crow (!), Hermit Thrush, or Song Sparrow (!!)).  New species from last year are marked below in my eBird report.  Last year's numbers are in parentheses.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, MD

Canada Goose     165 (3)
American Black Duck     8  (5)
Mallard     10  (10)
New - Lesser Scaup     40
Bufflehead     178  (184)
New - Common Merganser     1
duck sp.     12
Great Blue Heron     4  (1)
New - Turkey Vulture     4
Red-shouldered Hawk     1 (1)
Ring-billed Gull     37  (1)
gull sp.     1
New - Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     21  (25)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     4  (10)
Downy Woodpecker     26  (22)
Hairy Woodpecker     4  (3)
Pileated Woodpecker     3  (5)
Blue Jay     17  (7)
American Crow     11  (37)
crow sp.     2  (7)
New - Common Raven     2
Carolina Chickadee     40  (46)
Tufted Titmouse     19  (24)
White-breasted Nuthatch     22  (29)
Brown Creeper     23  (17)
Carolina Wren     26  (25)
Winter Wren     5  (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet     29  (16)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     4  (13)
American Robin     1  (8)
White-throated Sparrow     64  (22)
Northern Cardinal     6  (18)
American Goldfinch     5  (4)