My yard (at least the feeders) have been shunned so far by the Pine Siskin
irruption but today during a 45 minutes break between showers, I spent some
time in my driveway to see what might flyover. Mostly the local birds and
no raptors at all. At one point a single finch sized bird flew over giving
a flight call I was not familiar with. Luckily, I had also put out my Sony
PCM-M10 recorder. Was able to confirm I had a flyover Pine Siskin by
comparing to a call found at http://www.xeno-canto.org/
Had a few moments this morning to check out Gunner's Lake in Germantown and
Black Hill RP. Black Hill very quiet waterbird wise with only a few
Pied-billed Grebe and 100+ Canada Geese. Gunners Lake held small numbers of
Ring-necked and Ruddy Duck, American Coot and 15 Pied-billed Grebe.
Andy Martin
Gaithersburg
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