Our group of eight tallied 45 species this morning. Highlights included turkey
vultures bathing in the Potomac off the small sandy beach across from the third
overlook. Later attracted by splashing we came across a barred owl bathing in a
stream. The eagles' nest is empty with no eagles seen today. On a non
birding note we found a daddy longlegs carrying a small snail in the woods.
All welcome to join this regular Sunday walk that meets at 8:00 am in the
visitors center parking lot and proceeds through the visitors center courtyard
to the second overlook. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 12
Mallard 5
Common Merganser 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 13
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Barred Owl 1
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 3
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 9
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Parula 3
Chipping Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8
