A group of five birders identified 33 species and 1 accipter sp. during the
Christmas bird count. The most notable bird was an American widgeon near the
dam. The walk meets at 8:00 am on Sunday mornings at the Visitor'd Center
courtyard -- all are welcome. -- Marshall Rawson, McLean VA
Canada Goose 103
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 12
Ring-necked Duck 41
Bufflehead 14
Common Merganser 10
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 7
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 10
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
European Starling 10
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 22
Northern Cardinal 9
