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Surf Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Potomac, Montgomery Co & Algonkian Park, Loudoun Co

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Joe Coleman

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Joe Coleman

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Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:43:14 -0500

Andy Rabin led a Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy bird walk at Algonkian Regional Park in eastern Loudoun Co, VA this morning.  The highlight of the walk, a drake and female SURF SCOTER,  were in the Potomac River (Montgomery Co, MD waters) off of Algonkian's boat ramp & a little ways downstream.  After studying them for some time in our various scopes and debating what they were we decided on SURF SCOTER.  Ray Smith took several fuzzy photos (the birds were a long way off) which we will load on the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy's website as soon as we get them.  The waterfowl also included four COMMON GOLDENEYES, one male and three females, a flock of nine CANVASBACKS which flew up the river, and several other ducks.  We were also pleased to see a BALD EAGLE, perched above a couple of geese hunters and to find a WINTER WREN.

Andy's complete list follows:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
SURF SCOTER, 1 male & 1 female
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Great Blue heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal