When I first found the drake BAGO, he was in the area that Sherman describes just to the north of the gravel road. It is often there in an area that is not visible from the pier area where it often hangs out near the three pilings. Don't give up if you don't find it in the first spot you try!
Tyler Bell
California, Maryland
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From: Sherman Suter <>
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Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:06:09 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Calvert Co Barrow's Goldeneye [28 Feb]
A birder who was leaving when I parked at the Jefferson Patterson archeological complex at about 2 PM informed me that he had been watching the drake Barrow's Goldeneye off the ANSERC pier. After a fruitless half hour or so in the blustery wind searching the Patuxent downstream from the gravel road (and repeatedly checking the two small groups and a couple solitary goldeneye that were present), I moved to the cove just north of the gravel access road. There I found a third group of goldeneye: another 11 female Common, 1 drake Common, and the drake Barrows.
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28 Feb 2009: 1330 to 1450 EST
MD: Calvert Co: Jefferson Patterson Park
checking Patuxent River from kayak launching spot and shoreline W of Archeological Center; short stops along N entrance road;
4 C; overcast; NNW 25 à ¢à  à  30 km/hr; high tide c 1640; 30à ¢à  à  40 cm waves;
Canada Goose 440
Greater Scaup 4
Long-Tailed Duck 5
Bufflehead 45
Common Goldeneye 42 (35 f / 7 m)
Barrow's Goldeneye 1 (m)
Ruddy Duck 210
Horned Grebe 12
Turkey Vulture 1
Mourning Dove 4
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-Breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 7
E Bluebird 9
American Robin 6
N Mockingbird 2
Euro Starling 14
Myrtle Warbler 58
E Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 30
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
White-Throated Sparrow 12
Slate-Colored Junco 30
N Cardinal 15
Red-Winged Blackbird 8
American Goldfinch 4
Sherman Suter
Port Republic MD 20676 / Alexandria VA 22307
ssuter aaas org
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