Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 20:01:54 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: DC & Montgomery Birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I decided to go birding in Washington DC this morning with Debbie = Terry and Bill Ellis. We were shocked to see a Brown Pelican in the = Tidal Basin. A quick call to Paul Pisano confirmed that it had been = seen earlier. We were there 10:30-11AM and saw no other birders. We started at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens with the highlights Wood = Ducks, Blue-winged Teal (3), Hooded Mergansers, Osprey, Phoebe, Tree = Swallows (2), a singing Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and a singing Rusty = Blackbird. At the Tidal Basin in addition to the pelican were lots of = cormorants, a female Ring-necked Duck, several Common Mergansers, about = 20 Red-breasted Mergansers, and an adult Bald Eagle. A Horned Grebe in = breeding plumage was on the river. At Georgetown Reservoir were a Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Horned Grebes, 2 = Red-necked Grebes, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, and an adult Bald Eagle. Continuing on to Montgomery County at Seneca were a Pied-billed = Grebe, 70 Lesser Scaup, and 5 Buffleheads. At Little Senca Lake we saw 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 4 Horned Grebes, 7 = Double-crested Cormorants, 4 Canvasbacks, 40 Buffleheads, a Goldeneye, = 16 Common Mergansers, and 2 Coots. Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================