Birded this morning mostly along Pennyfield Lock, with several quick 
stops going west.  Tallied about 69 species; nothing unusual but saw a 
number of the more colorful new arrivals:

Location:     C&O Canal--Pennyfield
Observation date:     4/26/09
Canada Goose     14
Wood Duck     4
Mallard     4
Common Merganser     2
Double-crested Cormorant     20
Great Blue Heron     5
Green Heron     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER     3
Wilson's Snipe     1
Bonaparte's Gull     2
Ring-billed Gull     4
Mourning Dove     4
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO     1
Red-eyed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     15
American Crow     4
crow sp.     2
Tree Swallow     4
Carolina Chickadee     6
Tufted Titmouse     10
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren     6
House Wren     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     6
Eastern Bluebird     1
American Robin     2
Gray Catbird     2
European Starling     1
Northern Parula     10
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     4
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     1
Ovenbird     1
Louisiana Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     3
Eastern Towhee     X
Chipping Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     4
Northern Cardinal     12
INDIGO BUNTING     3
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Brown-headed Cowbird     10
Baltimore Oriole     4
American Goldfinch     20

[Other birders reported a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER].

Location:     Forrest and fields west of Edwards ferry and east of White's ferry
Observation date:     4/26/09
(partial list of species)
American Kestrel     2
WILSON'S SNIPE     9 (a good number for this late in the year I think)
White-eyed Vireo     4
Red-eyed Vireo     1
PRAIRIE WARBLER    1
SCARLET TANAGER    1

Location:     Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA
Observation date:     4/26/09
Canada Goose     1
Pied-billed Grebe     3
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
American Coot     1
Mourning Dove     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER  1
White-eyed Vireo     1
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO     1
Blue Jay     5
crow sp.     1
Tree Swallow     30
Carolina Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     2
House Wren     1
Gray Catbird     4
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     5
Yellow Warbler     3
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER     1
Common Yellowthroat     3
Eastern Towhee     X
Song Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     1
Red-winged Blackbird     15
Common Grackle     15
ORCHARD ORIOLE     3
Baltimore Oriole     2

Location:  Violette's Lock
(partial list of species)
Ruddy Duck  1
Downy Woodpecker  1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland