Dark-eyed Junco spotted along the Willet Branch Little Falls Stream Valley Two Trail, Photo by Pete Givan
While, I suspect, most of us were still sleeping, Pete Givan and Adele O’Dowd were out in Norwood Park leading a bird walk to do a New Year’s Day count and introducing participants to the trees in the Park.
Pete reports that they spied 20 species during the one mile 8:00 walk including 14 blue jays, 12 Dark-eyed Juncos, 7 American Crows, and 2 Fish Crows. See below for his complete list.
Among the trees that Adele pointed out were American Elm, Sycamore, Sawtooth Oak, American Sweet Gum, Eastern White Pine, River Birch and a huge Willow Oak which is the biggest and oldest tree in the Park. You can take your own tour of the trees using Adele’s map.
Pete Givan with fellow bird watchers, Norwood Park New Year’s Day, 2024
Pete's List
Little Falls Parkway - Norwood Park, Montgomery, Maryland, US
Jan 1, 2024 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
20 species
Canada Goose 5
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin X
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 1
Pine Siskin 1
Dark-eyed Junco 12
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3