Road Trip Scoreboard

Home base was Cunningham Falls State Park for this short 3 day camping trip. Cunningham Falls State Park is a bit west of Thurmont, Maryland, one of my favorite little towns. It is an easy hike to Cunningham Falls, the largest cascading waterfall in Maryland, although the fall was a bit underwhelming on these days. The campground is also close to the 50-mile-long Catoctin Mountain and Catoctin Mountain Park, with its views of Frederick and the Monocacy Valley, and (discreetly) home to Camp David, although the locked barb wire gates and “No Stopping or Standing” signs next to a guard house tends to give it away on the peak of the mountain. The confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers in the fascinating Harper’s Ferry National Historical Park is a quick day trip away.

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Bird Checklist

135 individuals

1. Wild TurkeyNumber observed: 1
2. Mourning DoveNumber observed: 5
3. Ruby-throated HummingbirdNumber observed: 2
4. Turkey VultureNumber observed: 9
5. Broad-winged HawkNumber observed: 1
6. Red-headed WoodpeckerNumber observed: 1
7. Red-bellied WoodpeckerNumber observed: 1
8. Downy WoodpeckerNumber observed: 2
9. Pileated WoodpeckerNumber observed: 4
10. Northern FlickerNumber observed: 2
11. Eastern Wood-PeweeNumber observed: 8
12. Acadian FlycatcherNumber observed: 1
13. Eastern PhoebeNumber observed: 1
14. Great Crested FlycatcherNumber observed: 1
15. Yellow-throated VireoNumber observed: 1
16. Red-eyed VireoNumber observed: 5
17. Blue JayNumber observed: 2
18. American CrowNumber observed: 1
19. Carolina ChickadeeNumber observed: 6
20. Tufted TitmouseNumber observed: 5
21. White-breasted NuthatchNumber observed: 6
22. Carolina WrenNumber observed: 3
23. Gray CatbirdNumber observed: 12
24. Northern MockingbirdNumber observed: 1
25. Eastern BluebirdNumber observed: 2
26. Wood ThrushNumber observed: 5
27. American RobinNumber observed: 9
28. American GoldfinchNumber observed: 8
29. Chipping SparrowNumber observed: 6
30. Field SparrowNumber observed: 2
31. Eastern TowheeNumber observed: 9
32. OvenbirdNumber observed: 1
33. Louisiana WaterthrushNumber observed: 1
34. Common YellowthroatNumber observed: 1
35. Scarlet TanagerNumber observed: 5
36. Northern CardinalNumber observed: 2
37. Indigo Bunting 3

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