Re: Black Hill Park
Rog (rogs@erols.com)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 22:18:09 -0500
You're welcome Dan,
Glad you saw the Red-Headed Woodpecker. Those are the same snags where we
also saw a Bald Eagle last week.
A group of us went to Black Hill on Saturday and had a nice morning of
raptors: An immature Bald Eagle, 6-7 Red-Shoulders, 4-5 Red-Tails, a
Northern Harrier, Turkey and Black Vultures, and Great Horned Owl.
Interestingly, we also saw Common, Hooded and Red-Breasted Mergansers.
Most of the above birds were north of Clarksburg Road.
It may be about time for another trip to Lily Pons. The tree swallows
should be back by now, at least they are at Hughes Hollow.
Roger Stone
rogs@erols.com
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From: daniel.eberly@gsa.gov
To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
Subject: Black Hill Park
Date: Monday, March 09, 1998 5:54 AM
Andy & Roger, thanks for the detailed description of Black Hill Park.
I walked the hard top path across from your "snags" Saturday
afternoon. A Red Headed Woodpecker was poking around holes in the
dead trees and catching insects on the wing, a Ring Necked Duck and
Gadwall were in the middle of the lake, 5 Hooded Mergansers were
sitting on a log, and a Red Shouldered Hawk soared overhead.
The Lily Ponds area on Friday had White Crowned and Swamp Sparrows,
Tundra Swans, Wood Ducks and 17 Hooded Mergansers. Dan Eberly