Yes, waterfowl and hopefully other birds are moving south now and hopefully some are going to stay in MD! Bring on the finches!!!!
Late yesterday afternoon I was at home (Jug Bay) dealing with a car problem (dead car, eventually had to get it towed!), NOT birding, and I heard high flying Canada Geese. After it happened twice, I realized I should look up, and saw WAY up, barely visible with the eyes, a long string of geese. Got my bins and they were all CAGOs. This happened 6 times!, and total geese observed from about 4-4:30 was over 1000. They were all flying southeast. I also heard but did not see Tundra Swans twice, presumably they were even higher up.
Cheers-
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD
On Saturday, December 29, 2012 7:37:33 AM UTC-5, katahdinss wrote:
> We were out walking the dogs in Paint Branch Park (Mont. Co.) about 4 PM yesterday and on the way back to the car, I distinctly heard Tundra Swans flying over but as we were at the time in a very wooded area with tall trees, could see nothing! That would probably have been about 4:25-4:30 PM.
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> We saw no swans in lower Frederick Co yesterday although in some years we get them at Lilypons or along Rt. 85 for the Sugarloaf CBC (which is this coming Sunday this season.)
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> Gail Mackiernan
> Colesville, MD
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> From: "Jim Nelson" <kingfi......>
> To: "MDbirding" <mdbi......>
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 8:55:48 PM
> Subject: [MDBirding] Movement of Tundra Swans, Montgomery County, 12/28/12
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> My daughter and I went out for a late afternoon walk on the C&O Canal
> towpath at Carderock in Montgomery County.� About 4:25, we had a �V� of at
> least 80 Tundra Swans fly over fairly high heading south.� Just a few
> minutes ago I was out filling our bird feeders in the dark and heard more Tundra
> Swans headed south.� I�m wondering if this movement relates to the recent
> cold and snowy weather coming to states north of Maryland.� Checking eBird,
> I found Tundra Swans being reported in this part of Maryland so far in December
> only in very small groups.
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> Jim Nelson
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> Bethesda, MD
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