Eight birders joined me yesterday for a Montgomery Bird Club trip to 
Black Hill Regional Park. We managed to find 44 species 'scoping the the 
lake from the park HQ bldg, the boat ramp, the Rte 121 bridge, and the 
Ten Mile Crk area.  We also walked the trail that runs from the north 
end of the 121 bridge along the lakeshore to the parking area just past 
Ridge Oak Dr.

Windy conditions made for a tough day of birding. Waterfowl numbers and 
variety seemed lower than I can remember in past Februarys. Best bird of 
day was a Pine Warbler at the park HQ bldg feeders but unfortunately 
only Ed Escalante and myself got to see it before it flew off and did 
not return. Also had nice looks at a soaring Bald Eagle in the bright 
sunshine.

Good birding,

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg

_Black Hill RP, 2-10-08_
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Mute Swan - boat ramp area
Canada Goose
American Wigeon - Ten Mile Crk
Mallard
American Black Duck - Ten Mile Crk
Canvasback- Ten Mile Crk
Ring-necked Duck- Ten Mile Crk
Lesser Scaup- Ten Mile Crk
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue Jay
American Crow
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow- Ten Mile Crk
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch