A dozen of us walked along the Shenandoah River area of Harpers Ferry this morning in the beautiful cold. The walk started out promisingly – 2 adult BALD EAGLES flying playfully above where we gathered in the 340 parking lot. There was a lot of songbird activity in the trees along the wetlands – our biggest surprise was perhaps 3 (definitely 2, maybe 3 – all seen in different areas) EASTERN PHOEBES; Bill Hale spotted a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER along the railroad tracks as he straggled way behind the rest of us. Bill & Jim Farley saw a WINTER WREN on the old canal. 3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS flew up high heading downriver. We were rewarded by 3 BROWN CREEPERS finally towards the end of the walk.
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