Lisa and I managed to get a few hours' birding at Violette's and Riley's Locks this afternoon, after the storms had passed. We were hoping for a fly-by Black Tern or American Avocet, but had to settle for a distant Caspian Tern flying upriver and two Common Terns sitting on a floating log. Full eBird lists below. 

In other news, a Red-Eyed Vireo was calling in our woods at home this morning, the first passerine migrant we've heard singing in many weeks. Fall approaches..

Good Birding!
Warren and Lisa Strobel
Annapolis, MD
www.birdcouple.com



Location:    C&O Canal--Riley's Lock
Observation date:    8/22/10
Number of species:    11

Wood Duck    14
Double-crested Cormorant    7
Great Blue Heron    1
Great Egret    1
Caspian Tern    1
Common Tern    2
Belted Kingfisher    1
Fish Crow    1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow    1
Carolina Chickadee    1
White-breasted Nuthatch    1





Location:    C&O Canal--Violette's Lock
Observation date:    8/22/10
Number of species:    18

Canada Goose    35
Wood Duck    2
Double-crested Cormorant    6
Great Blue Heron    2
Great Egret    1
Green Heron    1
Turkey Vulture    2
Osprey    1
Bald Eagle    1
Chimney Swift    12
Hairy Woodpecker    1
Eastern Wood-Pewee    1
Great Crested Flycatcher    1
Blue Jay    1
American Crow    1
Carolina Chickadee    1
Carolina Wren    1
American Goldfinch    2

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