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C&O Canal MP 70-73

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Elliot Kirschbaum

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Elliot Kirschbaum

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Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:40:36 -0500

Nancy and I led six others along the C&O Canal from MP 70 to MP 73 doing the
winter canal survey. We had a total of 39 species and 668 individual birds
during our count from 8:04 a.m. until 11:12 a.m.

The following are our observations by mile:

MP 79-71
   
 Great Blue Heron 3
 Canada Goose 117  
 Mallard 14  
 Common Goldeneye 14
 Common Merganser 11
 Bald Eagle 1  
 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
 Downy Woodpecker 6
 Hairy Woodpecker 3
 Northern Flicker 1
 Pileated Woodpecker 4
 Blue Jay 6  
 American Crow 22  
 Fish Crow 2  
 Carolina Chickadee 13
 Tufted Titmouse 16
 White-breasted Nuthatch 12
 Carolina Wren 13  
 Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
 Eastern Bluebird 34
 American Robin 90 
 European (Common) Starling 16
 Cedar Waxwing 8  
 Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
 Song Sparrow 5  
 White-throated Sparrow 30
 Northern Cardinal 19
 Red-winged Blackbird 20
 American Goldfinch 3
 
 Total Individuals/Species 510/30

MP 71-72
   
 Great Blue Heron 2
 Canada Goose 6  
 Common Goldeneye 20
 Ring-billed Gull 3
 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
 Northern Flicker 1
 Pileated Woodpecker 1
 American Crow 6  
 Carolina Chickadee 2
 Brown Creeper 2  
 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
 White-throated Sparrow 1
    
 Total Individuals/Species 48/12
   
 Black Vulture 1  
 Turkey Vulture 1  
 Canada Goose 1  
 Mallard 6  
 Red-shouldered Hawk 1
 Belted Kingfisher 1
 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
 Downy Woodpecker 2
 Hairy Woodpecker 1
 Pileated Woodpecker 3
 American Crow 9  
 Common Raven 2  
 Carolina Chickadee 8
 Tufted Titmouse 2 
 White-breasted Nuthatch 4
 Brown Creeper 1  
 Carolina Wren 5  
 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
 White-throated Sparrow 8
 Dark-eyed Junco 9 
 Northern Cardinal 6
 American Goldfinch 29
    
 Total Individuals/Species 110/24

-- 
Elliot

-- 
Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
kingfisher501 at gmail dot com