PVAS sponsored a bird walk at the National Conservation Training Center this morning. We walked up Sagamore Hill, around the eagle’s nest and onto the Riverview Farm trail, over to the landing and back. We had very good looks at the eagle and the eaglet in the nest. We also had some dramatic acrobatics by an Osprey and Red-shouldered Hawk. We had 4 warbler species – Northern Parula, Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Louisiana Waterthrush. We had 46 species including:

Canada Goose
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Sandy Sagalkin
Sharpsburg, MD

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