Hi Ryan:

FYI ... RB Mergs were reported from either Lake Artemesia or 
Greenbelt Lake on the Bowie CBC on 12/31 ...

Phil


At 15:34 01/13/2007, you wrote:
>My first visit of the year to Lake Artemesia this afternoon.  Surprised to
>not see any ring-necked ducks but judging from Elaine's post, it looks
>like they may be over at Greenbelt Lake.
>
>Did find two pairs of Hooded Mergansers in the larger half of Artemesia
>and 6 of what I quickly concluded were common mergansers in the
>other half.  However in consulting my field guide, I'm now pretty
>certain that they were red-breasted mergansers.  I wasn't expecting
>them so far from salt water... has anyone seen Red-breasted
>Mergansers on a freshwater lake before?
>
>Ryan Farrell
>College Park, MD

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