The Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) sponsored a walk along the C&O Canal this morning between MP 81 and MP 79. Five participants observed a total of 38 species of birds, including a good look at a Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
The complete list is as follows:
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Wild Turkey (on road leading to Taylors Landing)
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Cardinal
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
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Elliot
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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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