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Potomac: Wildlife

Potomac Wildlife

These are photos from my 2008 stay in Washington DC and the trips I took by bike up and down the Potomac River.

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with fish and plane

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

The National Bird: Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Bald eagle nest on the Virigina shore of the Potomac at Little Falls

Bald eagle nest with resident

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) going into dive at Hunting Creek below Alexandria

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest pole behind pleasure boater on the Potomac below Alexandria

Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) at Great Falls

Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) at Great Falls

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) in flight near the WSSC Water Filtration Plant above Great Falls

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Five Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) on a plane tree above Gerogetown

Drake Mallard

Mergansers on the flooded Potomac

Canade Geese (Branta canadensis) with young on the C&O Canal

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at Great Falls

Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) on the C&O Canal

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) at Mount Vernon

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

Groundhog (aka Woodchuck) (Marmota monax) on the tidal Potomac at Collingwood Picnic Area

Swimming Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) on the C&O Canal

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) on the C&O Canal

Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) crossing the cycle path near Mount Vernon

Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) crossing the cycle path near Mount Vernon

Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon) basking in a canal-side bush at lock near Springridge Road

Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon) basking in a canal-side bush at lock near Springridge Road

Minnows in the C&O Canal

Swallow tail butterfly

Spring flowers on the Potomac floodplain

Maple keys

Violets

Cherry Blossom at the Tidal Basin

Plane leaves emerging

Ornamental cherry blossom and car in Alexandria

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