Enjoyed the beautiful weather today while counting birds for the C&O Canal count in Washington County. My section included the portion of the "Big Pool" with the interesting concentration of waterfowl in the ice-free section. The highlight was a male Red-breasted Merganser. A pair of Redheads, Northern Pintail, 67(!)American Black Ducks, Gadwall, and a Winter Wren were also nice to see. Full eBird list below.

Observation date:     1/23/10
Notes:     C&O Canal count Miles 113-115

Canada Goose     720
Tundra Swan     1
Gadwall     3
American Black Duck     67
Mallard     91
Northern Pintail     6
Canvasback     1
Redhead     2
Bufflehead     5
Hooded Merganser     2
Common Merganser     25
Red-breasted Merganser     1     
Black Vulture     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     3
Ring-billed Gull     111
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
Downy Woodpecker     5
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     3
Pileated Woodpecker     4
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     26
Fish Crow     3
Carolina Chickadee     3
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee     25
White-breasted Nuthatch     6
Brown Creeper     2
Carolina Wren     13
Winter Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
Eastern Bluebird     3
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     20
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     42
Northern Cardinal     3
American Goldfinch     2

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

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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