The Crossbills were reported from North Point Park recently, not Fort Howard. I think there was a single bird reported from Fort Howard about a week ago, but there were multible birds reported at North Point State Park over the last couple of days. Ed Boyd
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:00 PM, hardenm55 <hardenm55...> wrote:
> 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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