I birded the entire perimeter of Hain's Point thoroughly this morning with no luck at finding a Western Grebe. There was still a decent assortment of waterfowl around the point, including 3 Horned Grebes, Pied-billed Grebe, thousands of Scaup, a male Ring-necked Ducked hiding with the Scaup, 4 Buffleheads, 3 male Red-breasted Mergansers (just south of the marina on the east side) and a male Green-winged Teal (right at the point).
Constitution gardens was also interesting with both Scaup species, 50 or so Ring-necked Ducks, 5 Ruddy Ducks, and 10 Buffleheads. The Buffleheads were fun to watch as the males were performing their display posturing.
Scott Loss
DC
On Friday, March 1, 2013 9:44:19 AM UTC-5, Paul Pisano wrote:
> I looked for the Western Grebe this morning (7:00-7:40), but did not find it.� Still a huge number of Lesser Scaup present (2,500+), along with a Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead, American Coot, Pied-billed & Horned Grebe.
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> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Scott Loss wrote:
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> I won't be able to try for this bird until Saturday.... any updates would be greatly appreciated. One note: there were nearly 100 Horned Grebes along this stretch of the Potomac last weekend, so caution may be needed for ID-ing distant grebes.
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