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MBC/BYN walk at Black Hill Regional Park, Saturday, Nov. 19

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Rick Sussman

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Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:47:19 EST

Hi all,
I led a combined walk for the Montgomery Bird CLub and The Backyard  
Naturalsit today at Black Hill Regional Park. We had perhaps 15 participants  maybe a 
few moe as folks dropped in and out as we went from one location to  another. 
Weather was cold but clear, temps 20-50 degrees with little or no wind. 
 
We saw 55 species of birds, including 10  duck species (Mallard, A.  Black 
Duck, Wood Duck, Ruddy Ducks, Ring-necked and Lesser Scaups, Hooded  Mergansers, 
Gadwall, Buffleheads, 2 female Common Goldeneyes) and Bald Eagle,  Red-tailed 
and Red-shouldered Hawks, Sharpie and Coopers Hawks, as well as  Purple 
Finches (both brownies and purplies), many singing Fox Sparrows,  Chipping, Field, 
Song and White-throated Sparrows, juncoes and towhees. Also  seen were 
Golden-crowned Kinglets, bluebirds and waxwings, and one chickadee  with very white 
on the wings, but which flew off just as I was getting on the  nape color, 
leading us to wonder if it wasn't a Black-capped. Pied-billed Grebes  were 
numerous as were coots. 
 
It felt great to be out in the first really seasonably brisk weather of the  
fall, on such a lovely day!
 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD