Hi,
I spent yesterday, 12/10/06, exploring a few spots with Bill Hubick,
concentrating primarily on Waterfowl. We started in PG county at
Schoolhouse Pond and worked our way south to Charles County. We finished
the day at Allen's Fresh hoping that a Short-eared Owl would join the
Harriers that were hunting over the marsh. We did not see any owls, but we
believe that we heard some coyotes howling as we watched a nice sunset. A
beautiful place - if only we could do something to get away from the
traffic noise! The best bird of the day was probably a Red-throated Loon
off of Cobb Island. Another great day to be alive!
PG:
We started at Schoolhouse Pond and had the following:
Trumpeter Swan #962, hanging with the domestic Geese!
No. Shoveler - 8
Am. Coot - 2
RB Gull - 130
Laughing Gull - 4
Wharf Road had lots of birds including:
Tundra Swan - 110
A. Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 50
Common Goldeneye - 1
Ruddy Duck - 20
Greater Scaup - 4
Bufflehead - 15
Gadwall - 1
Common Merg - 1
Pintail - 1
RB Gull - 400
GBB Gull - 1
He Gull - 10
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 imm
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
Field Sparrow - 10
Song Sparrow - 20
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 10
Hermit Thrush - 1
Maybury & Unger:
Am Kestrel - 2
SS Hawk - 2
Piscataway Park was full of ducks:
American Wigeon - 1000+
Gadwall - 1000+
Redhead - 3-4
Canvasback - 1
Common Merg - 2
Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle - 1
YB Sapsucker - 1
A Tree Sparrow - 4
Field Sparrow - 2
Winter Wren - 2
National Colonial Farm:
RB Merganser - 1 hen
Next on to Charles Co:
Smallwood SP:
Canvasback - 2
Pintail - 5
Greater Scaup - 10
Bufflehead - 15
RB Merganser - 1 hen
Ruddy Duck - 155+
American Coot - 300
Laughing Gull - 18
Gov Nice Memorial Bridge (301 Bridge):
DC Cormorant - 300+
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2
Cobb Island:
Long-tailed Ducks - 23
Common Loon - 2
Red-throated Loon - 1
C Goldeneye - 4
Ruddy Ducks, Bufflehead
Allen's Fresh:
N. Harrier - 4
Myrtle Warbler - 2
Have fun,
Tom
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Tom Feild
Code 568
NASA/GSFC
Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-286-6686
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