The bald eagles were not on their nest, nor did the peregrine falcon appear, but this morning’s PVAS-sponsored birdwalk along the C&O Canal at Harpers Ferry held other surprises. Six birders (incl. Bill Hale & Steve Hartman, two of my “regulars”) joined me on this rather dreary morning. The songbirds were esp. quiet – and hardly woke up even on our return walk, but the ducks delighted; plus we got to witness a huge kettle of Ring-billed gulls forming on the opposite ridge up & along by the Hilltop House hotel. That swarm occurred after 27 of the long & skinny-winged gulls flew closer to us over the Potomac – it was awesome to behold.

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