Eleven people participated in the Potomac Valley Audubon Society's bird walk at Fort Frederick this morning. Highlights included Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, and Red-breasted Merganser at Big Pool as well as Ring-necked Duck at Little Pool. In total forty-five species were observed at Big Pool and one (Ring-necked Duck) was added at Little Pool.

The complete species list is as follows:

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

-- 
Elliot

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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
kingfisher501 at gmail dot com