Date:         Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:21:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sender:       Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
From:         Gema Crystal <Fvsb1@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Needwood Lake Update

I went to Needwood Lake on the 23rd to see if I could find anything out of the ordinary. I stopped by Whetstone and Frank before, but there wasn't a thing in either of them.
  Needwood seemed similar at first until I saw a flash of white in the middle of the lake. There were two pairs of breeding plumage Common Mergensers. They were soooooo pretty.
  It might not be out of the ordinary, but I was having a blast. I had never seen a mergenser until this year, or a grebe for that matter. I've gotten my American Life list to 151! I'm really happy.
  Anyway, here's what I saw:
       Common Mergenser (2 breeding pairs)
       Killdeer (2)
       Canada Goose (small flock)
       Mallard (5)
       Great Blue Heron (2)
       Song Sparrow (small flock)
       Fox Sparrow (questionable)
       Downy Woodpecker (heard)
       UDs(unidentified ducks) (small flock)

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