Phil -

Indeed, it was at Lake Artemesia where the R-b Merg's were seen on the 
Bowie CBC, as discovered there a few days earlier by Jack Saba.

More generally, I sense that there are more R-b Mergs on fresh-water
sites this winter than usual tho' of course it's not unprecedented for 
them to occur at such sites.

Phil Davis wrote:

> 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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Fred Fallon
Bowie MD