Hi all just a quick note to report some bird seen in QA county on Jan 27 and 28
1 - 27 - 08 Rolling Bridge Rd near Rt 301 Centreville ponds in area mostly frozen over this pond half open
Great Blue Heron 1
Ring Necked Duck 119
Mallard 27
Pintail 2
Snow Goose 1
Canada Geese 57
I checked Les Roslund's Longspur spot in Q A from Last week near Ruthsburg but only found 3 Horned Larks and a flock of Snow Geese several hundred birds way out in the field to far out to look thru for rarer Geese.
1- 28 - 08 Kent Narrows Grasonville Md mid morning
Canvasback 1 Drake
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup 2
Bufflehead
Goldeneye 2
Coot 2
Mallard
Ring Billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black Backed Gull
Song sparrow 1
1 - 28 - 08 Chesapeake Bay Enivronmenal Center Grasonville Md late morning thru midday, early
afternoon
Goldeneye 2
Northern Pintail 246 All in Lake Knapp [ the big pond with the viewing blinds ] water not quite half open
Mallard 20
Black Duck 12
Gadwall 5
American Wigeon 3
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Killdeer 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Red Breasted Nuthatch 2
Northern Flicker 2
Downy woodpecker 1
Cardinal 6
Goldfinch 2
Mockingbird 1 guarding American Holly berries in the woods near marshy creek trail
Dark eyed Junco 12
Cabin Creek boat landing Grasonville Md near the lane of CBEC [ Horsehead ] Mid Afternoon
The show here was the Hooded Mergansers . The males were showing off for the ladies doing some displays . It was quite interesting to see . They would stick out their necks then arching them in a slow manner
Then once in a while chasing other males white hoods flared out the whole time alao staying in a loose flock
Hooded Mergansers total 10 six male four female
Black Duck 14
Tundra swan 2 preening
Ring Billed Gull 3
Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Maryland
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