MD Osprey:

I just received a report from a young birder (only birding about a 
year) of a Boreal Chickadee at his feeders yesterday, 01/18, in 
Potomac, Montgomery County, MD. The location was in a residential 
wooded area in Potomac. The sighting was at 8:20 in the morning at 
about 30 feet, with binoculars. He noted the gray-brown head. The 
bird flew out of sight and has not been seen since.

Rather than publish a specific address, I'll put a general circle 
around it. It would be outside of the beltway, north of MacArthur 
Boulevard in the general area bounded by Brickyard Road to the north 
and east and Hackmore Drive (which appears to intersect Brickyard 
Road twice, hence, a circular area) to the south and west.

I have not seen any indication that Boreal Chickadees are moving down 
from Canada, other than in Minnesota; however, they do have wings ... !!!

Good luck.

Phil


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Phil Davis, Secretary
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