I spent this morning along the C&O Canal from Riley's Lock to Pennyfield, Hughes Hollow, and Brighton Dam.
The highlights:
Violette's Lock - Many ducks , 4 Trumpeter Swans, and 800 Tree Swallows.
Hughes Hollow - 60 Wood Ducks, 4 Wilson's Snipes, 1 adult Red-headed Woodpecker.
Brighton Dam - 4 Red-necked Grebes and 1 male Red-breasted Merganser.
Location: C&O Canal--Violette's Lock (Riley's Lock to Pennyfield)
Observation date: 3/13/09
Number of species: 52
Canada Goose 100
Trumpeter Swan 4 (South of Violette's Lock and just south of Mile 21 marker)
Tundra Swan 26
Wood Duck 9
Gadwall 6
American Wigeon 35
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 1
Northern Pintail 8
Green-winged Teal (American) 7
Ring-necked Duck 12
Greater Scaup 3
Lesser Scaup 40
Bufflehead 75
Common Goldeneye 14
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 45
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Horned Grebe 3
Red-necked Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 800
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 8
Carolina Wren 6
Winter Wren 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 28
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
Northern Cardinal 12
Common Grackle 4
Location: Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA
Observation date: 3/13/09
Number of species: 27
Canada Goose 15
Wood Duck 60
Mallard 20
Ring-necked Duck 30
Hooded Merganser 12
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Wilson's Snipe 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (First seen by Andrew who was walking his dog)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 7
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Song Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 14
Northern Cardinal 25
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 20
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD |