Birded Meadowside Nature Center and Blue Mash this morning. Nice selection
of shorebirds at Blue Mash, see ebird list below. Most interesting bird was
an odd-looking duck on Lake Frank, which I assume to be an American Wigeon
x Mallard hybrid. It was amongst other Mallards and allowed for good
comparison.
Good birding
Daniel Kraushaar
Meadowside Nature Center, Montgomery, US-MD
Aug 4, 2012 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
34 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 4
American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid) 1 Duck only slightly smaller than
mallard. Slightly shorter and yellow bill. White hip patch, pointy tail and
primaries. Mantle uniformely brown/gray (not scaly) with vertical streaks
on sides. Head uniformely gray. Was seen relatively close in good light
among mallards allowing for good comparison. Bird was seen on Lake Frank.
Mallard 11
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 40
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Blue Mash Nature Trail, Montgomery, US-MD
Aug 4, 2012 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
20 species
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Killdeer X
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 12
Pectoral Sandpiper 4
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
American Crow X
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Song Sparrow 2
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