C&O Canal in Maryland, Just across the river from Shepherdstown, WV

Went walking down along the C & O canal today. The weather was nice, and the sun was out, but there wasn't too much moving on the trails (besides the bikers and walkers). I heard a Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) croaking in a vernal pool.

Pinkish Wood Frog photographed a couple of years ago in Sleepy Creek WMA.

There was also what I think were Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) floating around in the Potomac River. A cormorant of some make or model flew over at some point as well. They have such a characteristic shape in flight. It's hard to mistake them for anything else.

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

Do these pixels resemble birds?

I'll probably need to invest in a better camera to do justice to the birds on the river.