Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:16:40 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Dan Eberly Subject: Black Hill Park MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sunday afternoon I stopped at the gravel parking area just before the bridge over the Black Hill lake. Most of the ducks were very distant along the far northerly shore line - including Tundra Swan, Canada Geese, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked, Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck. The ducks were probably there for shelter from the brisk wind. I decided to check the sheltered cove accessed from Ten Mile Creek Road. This would be the first time I had checked out the cove since last winter but I usually get closer looks at the waterfowl that are also seen in the main part of the lake and I also get a sense of being in a wild setting Anyway, so others will be aware, although the main part of the lake was clear of ice, this cove was frozen solid and the bridge no longer exists that was used to cross the creek to reach the abandoned road that parallels the cove. Rick, as for Bald Eagles breeding there, several years ago a park naturalist told me that an eagle (that winter) appeared to be feeding on the ducks - so does this imply that there wouldn't be a sufficient food supply after the ducks head north? Happy birding, Dan Eberly Bethesda, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================