- From: Paul DeAnna
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Common Grackle
- Common Yellowthroat
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Phoebe
- European Starling
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Green Heron
- Hooded Merganser
- House Wren
- Indigo Bunting
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Parula
- Orchard Oriole
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Scarlet Tanager
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wood Duck
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-throated Vireo
Pennyfield Lock
NOTE: This trip is now full.
RSVP to trip leader Paul DeAnna at (202) 544-2680 or via the contact form. DC Audubon will visit Pennyfield Lock, part of the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Montgomery County, MD.
This area along the Potomac River is well known for an abundance of Spring migrants and a variety of breeding birds. We can expect several warblers, including Prothonotary, which breed here, and others just passing through. In addition, various Vireos, Tanagers, Orioles and other colorful songsters should be out in force. Meet at the Lock at 7:00 a.m.
When you RSVP, please let the trip leader know if you need a ride or are willing to take carless participants. This trip is limited to 18 participants, so RSVP as soon as possible and inform the trip leader if you reserve but need to drop out.
Directions: from the Beltway (I-495) take River Road (exit 39) west 3.3 miles to Potomac. From the intersection with Falls Road (2nd traffic light), continue on River Rd. 5.1 miles to Pennyfield Lock Road on the left. Take this road to the very end, bearing left at the bottom of the hill, and continuing to a small parking lot where a gated road leads to the lock just east.
