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C&O Canal--Violette's Lock, Hughes Hollow, and Brighton Dam, 3/13/09

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Joe Hanfman

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Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:27:59 +0000

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