John Williamson and I birded this morning from Edward’s Ferry to White’s Ferry along the C&O Canal for today’s May Count (including birds seen along River Road as we drove from White’s Ferry to Edward’s).  The morning was dreary overcast and quieter than we would have liked.  Nonetheless, we saw 62 species (John may have added some after I left him at noon).  John has birded this stretch for the May Count for many years.  Not many warblers this year.  Unusual birds included a Great Egret, three American Black Ducks, and two Warbling Vireos.  House Wren, Wood Thrush, Downy Woodpecker, and White-breasted Nuthatch were fewer than in years past.  Two Barred Owls entertained us by calling back and forth. Good numbers of Indigo Buntings, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Great Crested Flycatchers, Acadian Flycatchers, and Red-eyed Vireos. The complete list is below.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda, MD

Canada Goose 16
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 3 
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10
Barred Owl 2
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 26
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Acadian Flycatcher 30
Great Crested Flycatcher 42
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 44
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 4
crow sp. 3
Purple Martin  1
Carolina Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 35
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 24
House Wren 16
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 35
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 7
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 12
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 13
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 9
Canada Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 26
Indigo Bunting 31
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 3


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