I was at Ft Howard from 0830 to about 1230 and was unable to find the crossbills.
Monroe Harden Havre de Grace, MD On Jan 10, 2013 4:46 PM, "Edward Boyd" <edboyd59...> wrote:
> Hello all, > > This morning I drove over to Ft. Howard with Jim Stasz to successfully see > the reported Common Redpolls there (we had 6 - two nice looking males and 4 > duller birds). These were found along the road about 100 yards back along > the entrance road from the parking lot feeding with a large group of > American Goldfinches in the Sweetgum trees. We were unable to relocate the > Orange-crowned Warbler reported yesterday. We also made a brief attempt for > the White-winged Crossbills at North Point Park but failed to find them. > > I tried on 3 different occasions this week to see the Harlequin Duck below > the Key Bridge without success. Each time I could see a group of Bufflehead > near the shoreline of the western shore of the bridge but the Harlequin > Duck was not with them. I'd usualy see these birds swimming to the left > north of the bridge to an area not visible from the fort. On the way back > across the bridge, I suggested to Jim to look in the cove that is on the > north side of the roadway, around the corner and out of site of the vantage > points from Fort Armistead. Sure enough, as we came off the bridge there > was a group of Bufflehead in among some old wooden structures in the water > in this cove, and the Male Harlequin Duck was among them. Unfortunately, > there is no place to pull off here to view the birds and certainly if you > tried to do so the MD Tranportation Authority Police would love to award > you for doing so with a nice idiot of the day citation. > > At Ft. Smallwood, we drove around to the northeast side and parked in the > lot opposite the marsh and about 1/4 mile from the buildings near the > shoreline. We got out of the car and the second bird we saw in a Sweetgum > over the car was the Common Redpoll that has been reported recently. We > also had good looks at a flock of about 20 White-winged Crossbills that > were moving around the area, including good stationary looks in some > sweetgums over the wet areas in the woodland and the Virginia Pines on the > north side of the flooded woodland. The Redpoll disappeared for a time but > Dan Haas showed up about 30 minutes after we had arrived and > after searching for a time, he relocated the bird in another Sweetgum on > the NE side of the parking area very close to where it was first observed > by us. > > Ed Boyd > Chestnut Hill Cove, MD > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. > To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on > the web at http://www.mdbirding.com > Posts can be sent to the group by sending an email to > <mdbirding...> > > >
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