Had a walk along the C&O between miles 21 and 23. Highlights were the 4
Trumpeter Swans, 1 White-winged Scoter, 6 American Pipits and plenty of
waterbirds and passerines to look through:
 
Pied-billed Grebe - 17
Horned Grebe - 2
Tundra Swan - 5
Trumpeter Swan - 4
Wood Duck - 2
American Wigeon - 19
Green-winged Teal - 4
American Black Duck - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Lesser Scaup - 98
White-winged Scoter - 1
Common Goldeneye - 10
Bufflehead -  112
Hooded Merganser - 52
Common Merganser - 22
Bald Eagle - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Herring Gull -1
Ring-billed Gull -120
Killdeer - 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 3
American Pipit - 6
Brown Creeper - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 21
Red Fox - one being scolded by Yellow-rumped Warblers!
 
at Black Hill Regional Park late afternoon:
 
Pied-billed Grebe - 3
Canada Goose - 495
Canvasback - 58
Black Duck - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 16
Bufflehead - 46
Goldeneye - 6
Ruddy Duck - 7
Common Merganser - 55 
Hooded Merganser - 40
Bald Eagle - 3, two adults one 3rd-year
American Coot - 5
Pine Siskin - 6

Andy Wilson
Frederick