Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:29:07 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bill Schreitz Subject: Re: Piscataway Park GWFG Sunday, yes Comments: To: va-bird@freelists.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I also returned to Piscataway Park to look for the Greater White-fronted goose on Sunday late afternoon. There were only seven geese in the field, all Canada. We went over to the pond just beyond the barn down the staff parking road, but nothing at all there. We returned by going along the path near the river and went down to the pier next to the caretaker's cottage. About 300 yards out we saw approximately 150 Canada geese and one appeared to be a greater white-fronted goose. The yellow-orange bill and the white around it were clearly visible through the scope, as were its orange feet when it left with the flock and landed on the other side of the river, north of Mount Vernon and south of Riverside park. The time was about 5:15 pm. It is possible that it could be seen in the morning from the Virginia side. It's certaintly worth a try if one happens to be in that area. Bill WILLIAM B SCHREITZ CABINETMAKER INC VIRGINIA STREET ANNAPOLIS MD 21401 cabmkrwbs@erols.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Michaud" To: Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 7:48 PM Subject: [va-bird] Piscataway Park Redux > > I went back to Piscataway Park today (MD, along the Potomac), after last > weekend's disappointment with searching for the Greater White-fronted Goose. > Once again, no luck. In fact, today all the Canada Geese were huddled up in > the middle of the Potomac, away from the ice. Not a single goose in the > fields. Still, got some great looks at an immature bald eagle over the > marsh, and a definite Canvasback out by the fishing pier. > > And, although I'm not 100 percent on the ID, I think I saw a Peregrin (or a > Merlin on steroids) over the marsh as well. It flushed from the trees, gave > me a quick look at a bluish, flat-winged, rufus-bellied profile and ducked > (pardon the pun) behind some trees. > > Here's a question for the list. I picked up the "Checklist of the Birds of > the National Capital Parks-East" at the visitor center. For Piscataway Park, > under Ducks, it lists every single variety of duck (except Lesser Scaup and > Bufflehead!) as uncommon, rare, or transient for all seasons! Even Mallards > are listed as uncommon. Is this a reflection of infrequent birding at the > park or are there really that few birds there (except the two days I've been > there!!!)??? ;) > > Here's the list: > > Canada Geese > Mallard > Wigeon > Gadwall > Ruddy Duck > Common Merg. > Lesser Scaup > Canvasback > Belted Kingfisher > Bald Eagle > Hermit Thrush > White-breasted Nuthatch > White-throated Sparrow > Tufted Titmouse > Eastern Bluebird > Turkey Vulture > Mockingbird > Cardinal > Robin > Red-bellied Woodpecker > Pileated Woodpecker > Downy Woodpecker > Flicker (Yellow-shafted) > Am. Crow > Carolina Wren > Carolina Chickadee > Ring-billed Gull > Greater Black-backed Gull > Starling > Great Blue Heron > > -- Scott Michaud > Arlington, VA > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email to va-bird@freelists.org. To unsubscribe, send email to > va-bird-request@freelists.org with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================