Balto Bird Club S Md Field Trip
Stephen G Sanford (tanager@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us)
Sat, 06 Dec 1997 19:59:45 -0500
The BBC field trip Sat Dcc 6 had excellent looks at all three Scoter
species at the fishing pier at Pt Lookout State Park, with Surf Scoters
most abundant, followed by White-winged and Black.
Oldsquaw and Loons were less numerous than usual, and grebes were
absent. We had one distant Gannet. There was a very close Purple
Sandpiper on the small jetty east of the southernmost parking area. The
wind was much less of a problem than anticipated.
Landbirds were rather scarce. We had no Brown-headed Nuthatches at Pt
Lookout for the first time in years on this trip. The Beauvue ponds near
Leonardtown had far less waterfowl than in previous years. Schoolhouse
Pond (Upper Marlboro) was not too productive either. It did give us some
Shovelers, Gadwall, and Swamp Sparrows.
Steve Sanford