Ten people joined Nancy and I on the C&O Canal Winter Count today. The highlights of our three mile walk were the frigid temperature, the fortunate lack of wind or snow, the larger than usual number of Brown Creepers, Godlen-crowned Kinglets, Goldeneye, and ten Redheads (waterfowl not people).
We had a total of 35 species, down from last year's 40, and a total of 652 individual birds.
The counts by mile are as follows:
MP70-71
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 54
Bufflehead 14
Common Goldeneye 34
Common Merganser 23
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 11
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 10
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 3
American Crow 7
Common Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 31
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 17
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 7
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13
Eastern Bluebird 10
Cedar Waxwing 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 6
Species 28, Individuals 279
MP 71-72
Great Blue Heron 4
Canada Goose 135
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 43
Redhead 10
Common Goldeneye 37
Common Merganser 21
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 5
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
White-throated Sparrow 3
Species 20, Individuals 292
MP72-73
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 1
Canada Goose 23
Common Merganser 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
American Crow 24
Common Raven 1
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 3
Eastern Bluebird 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Species 15, Individuals 81
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Elliot
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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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