The Sunday Great Falls walk had 10 participants for this the Audubon Christmas
Bird Count. The star of the count was a sleepy Barred owl that let us look her
over as long as we wished. We spotted 2 eagles with one of the pair sitting on
the nest. Over 40 Cedar waxings gave us some striking looks as they perched in
the sun near the overlook. The Sunday Great Falls bird walk occurs each Sunday
- rain or shine - meeting at 8:00am at the Visitors Center. The walk ends at
11:00. All are welcome!
34 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 500 Large flocks of various sizes.
Mallard 15
Mallard (Domestic type) 1
Ring-necked Duck 10
Bufflehead 40 One of 40 rafting on the Potomac River - Great Falls
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 2 Two adults on Conn Island, Potomac River- Great Falls. One
sitting the nest and other on a nearby branch.
Ring-billed Gull 1
gull sp. 5
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 14
Pileated Woodpecker 8
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 8
Carolina Chickadee 17
Tufted Titmouse 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 11
Carolina Wren 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 21
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 12
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 41
Dark-eyed Junco 14
White-throated Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 12
