Notable birds seen yesterday in Washington County 



Fort Frederick State Park - Bi g Pool 

Blue-winged Teal 3 

Lesser Scaup 12 (9 females and 3 males. It is odd that on a Howard County Bird Club field trip on the previous day we had this same number and combination at Centennial Lake). 

Common Merganser 1 

Wild Turkey 3 

Osprey 1 

Herring Gull 1 





C&O Canal--Dam#5 

Common Merganser 9 

Double-crested Cormorant 8 

Tree Swallow 5 

Purple Finch 1 



C&O Canal--Dam#4 

Common Loon 2 in breeding plumage 

Red-necked Grebe 1 

Tree Swallow 15 



At home in Columbia at 8:50 pm the International Space Station was easily seen as it moved from north-w est to east. 



Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD