Rick Sussman wrote:

>Hi all,
> Our Montgomery Bird club outing this morning to Blue Mash enjoyed  perfect
>fall weather, a nice crowd of old hats and new, as well as some fine  birding.
>Personal highlight was a pair of DUNLIN on the edge of the big pond  (where
>the ibis was). Other nice finds were at least 2 pair of Purple  Finches (with 4
>more flying over) feeding in the trees/shrubs, lots of sparrows  including
>many Fox and Savannahs, Field, Chipping, White-throated, Song, Swamp,  Juncos and
>towhees. Few hawks were seen though we did have at least 6 Red-tails  and a
>heard only Red-shouldered, and waterfowl were not really "in" yet, with a
>single male Ruddy Duck on the small pond, 3 Green-winged Teal and 4 Blue-winged
>Teal on the big pond, 2 Great Blue Herons, a pair of Wilson's Snipe and a small
> number of Killdeer seen. A Pileated flew right across in front of us and
>landed  briefly in a small tree before it suddenly realized we were there, and it
>flew  off. A couple of flickers and Red-bellied and Downy were the only
>other woodpeckers, and a single flying Belted Kingfisher flew by the pond  area.
>Chickadees and titmice were seen in low numbers, as were RC Kinglets. 48
>species seen by group, which numbered 11.
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>Lots of Canada Geese flying around, and lots of goldfinches were all over
>too. A very nice morning to be out...
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>Rick Sussman
>Ashton,MD
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Rick,

I might be over Blue Mash way on Monday.  Where approximately did you
flush the snipe from?  Would be nice to add them to my Mont. list.  Thanks.

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg