Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 13:29:51 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Bowen Subject: DC "early birds" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The MOS Montgomery County Chapter field trip in the District of Columbia today, January 1, 2002, faced some of the coldest conditions in recent memory, with a start time temperature of 20 degrees and strong NW winds. No uncommon gulls and very few diving ducks. But the sun stayed out the whole time! Places visited in DC were: Georgetown Reservoir (GR), Hains Point (HP), Columbia Marina and LBJ Grove (CM), Roaches Run (RR), Washington Sailing Marina (WS), and Anacostia Park (AP). The list: PIED-BILLED GREBE at least 2 dozen at CM D-C CORMORANT 4 seen from HP GREAT BLUE HERON 7 at RR BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 12 at CM CANADA GOOSE AMERICAN BLACK DUCK many at CM MALLARD many in Potomac off CM AMERICAN WIGEON 2 at RR RING-NECKED DUCK 30 at GR LESSER SCAUP 1 fem. at GR, 2 males and a female at CM HOODED MERGANSER 20-30 at RR - what a delight for 1/1/02 TURKEY VULTURE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 1 at CM MERLIN 1 chasing crows at HP AMERICAN COOT few at HP and RR RING-BILLED GULL HERRING GULL GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL ROCK DOVE BELTED KINGFISHER 1 at RR BLUE JAY AMERICAN CROW FISH CROW CAROLINA CHICKADEE WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 1 at LBJ Grove GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 2 at LBJ Grove N. MOCKINGBIRD CEDAR WAXWING 2 flew over at LBJ Grove EUROPEAN STARLING N. CARDINAL SONG SPARROW BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD couple at AP HOUSE SPARROW Mike Bowen, MOS/MCC Bethesda MD A Very Happy New Year to all. D.H. Michael Bowen 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda MD 20817 Tel.: (301) 530-5764 dhmbowen@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================