Message:

[

Previous   Next

]

By Topic:

[

Previous   Next

]

Subject:

Lilypons Water Gardens & Nolands Ferry - Frederick County

From:

Joe Hanfman

Reply-To:

Date:

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:38:08 +0000

I spent this morning at Lilypons Water Gardens and Nolands Ferry in Frederick County. The highlights were: 
Lilypons - 1 Cackling Goose, 2 Wood Ducks, 2 Gadwalls, 1 American Wigeon, 12 Green-winged Teal, 1 Wilson's Snipe, 1 Savannah Sparrow, and very good numbers of Great Blue Herons, Song Sparrows, and Swamp Sparrows. 
Nolands Ferry - 1 adult Bald Eagle swam from the milldle of the Potomac River to the VA shore. It had a large yellow fish in its talons. It ate the fish and was able to fly again within 15 minutes of reaching the shore. 
While eating the fish, 5 female Common Mergansers swan past the eagle and paid it little attention. 

Complete lists are below: 





Location:     Lilypons Water Gardens 
Observation date:     2/25/09, 9:30 - 11:10 am 
Number of species:     44 

Cackling Goose     1 
Canada Goose     75 
Tundra Swan     11 
Wood Duck     2 
Gadwall     2 
American Wigeon     1 
American Black Duck     2 
Mallard     25 
Northern Pintail     2 
Green-winged Teal     12 
Great Blue Heron     6 
Black Vulture     4 
Turkey Vulture     7 
Red-shouldered Hawk     2 
Red-tailed Hawk     1 
Wilson's Snipe     1 
Mourning Dove     6 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     5 
Downy Woodpecker     3 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     8 
Pileated Woodpecker     1 
Blue Jay     1 
American Crow     15 
Carolina Chickadee     10 
Tufted Titmouse     5 
White-breasted Nuthatch     2 
Brown Creeper     1 
Carolina Wren     3 
Winter Wren     2 
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1 
Northern Mockingbird     6 
European Starling     4 
American Tree Sparrow     2 
Savannah Sparrow     1 
Song Sparrow     40 
Swamp Sparrow     20 
White-throated Sparrow     30 
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     1 
Northern Cardinal     20 
Red-winged Blackbird     6 
Common Grackle (Purple)     4 
House Finch     4 
American Goldfinch     3 
House Sparrow     2 

Location:     C&O Canal--Nolands Ferry 
Observation date:     2/25/09, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm 
Number of species:     26 

Canada Goose     10 
Common Merganser     5 
Turkey Vulture     1 
Bald Eagle     1 
American Kestrel     1 
Barred Owl     1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2 
Downy Woodpecker     3 
Hairy Woodpecker     1 
American Crow     2 
Carolina Chickadee     6 
Tufted Titmouse     2 
White-breasted Nuthatch     3 
Brown Creeper     2 
Carolina Wren     2 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1 
Eastern Bluebird     1 
Northern Mockingbird     1 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1 
Song Sparrow     3 
White-throated Sparrow     2 
Northern Cardinal     2 
Red-winged Blackbird     8 
Rusty Blackbird     4 
Common Grackle (Purple)     4 



Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD