Chuck Parker, organizer and compiler of the Montgomery Bird Club's 
Big Sit on October 11, has asked me to post the results of the Sit by 
a group known as the "Montgomery Sitting Ducks." Query me off-line 
for an explanation of the name.  Interesting but poignant.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda


Location:    Black Hill Regional Park--Boat Ramp area, Montgomery County, MD
Observation date:    10/11/09
Notes:    Montgomery Bird Club Big Sit, with Chuck Parker as compiler.
Number of species:    55
Observers:  Chuck Parker, Mike Bowen, Clive Harris, John Pangborn, 
Bob Hartman, Susan Hunt, Lydia Schindler, Woody and Rae Dubois

Canada Goose    55
American Wigeon    2    white wing patches well seen
Northern Shoveler    1    head and bill well seen on overflying bird
Great Blue Heron    4
Black Vulture    8
Turkey Vulture    4
Osprey    1
Bald Eagle    1
Sharp-shinned Hawk    2
Cooper's Hawk    1
Red-shouldered Hawk    3
Red-tailed Hawk    3    at one point, 2 were seen with talons locked, 
helicoptering down -- very impressive!
falcon sp.    1    probably Merlin
gull sp.    1    probably Herring
Rock Pigeon    8
Mourning Dove    3
Chimney Swift    2
Belted Kingfisher    1    several times dove and came up with crayfish
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker    1
Downy Woodpecker    3
Northern Flicker    10
Pileated Woodpecker    2
Eastern Phoebe    2
Blue-headed Vireo    1
Blue Jay    30
American Crow    8
Fish Crow    2
crow sp.    20
Tree Swallow    3
Carolina Chickadee    2
Tufted Titmouse    2
White-breasted Nuthatch    1
Carolina Wren    5
Golden-crowned Kinglet    1    heard only
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    1
Eastern Bluebird    7
American Robin    20
Gray Catbird    2
Northern Mockingbird    1
European Starling    12
Cedar Waxwing    6
Yellow-rumped Warbler    3
Eastern Towhee    4
Chipping Sparrow    2
Field Sparrow    1
Song Sparrow    2
Lincoln's Sparrow    1    nice scope views
Swamp Sparrow    1
White-throated Sparrow    2
Northern Cardinal    2
Red-winged Blackbird    2
Common Grackle    12
Brown-headed Cowbird    20
House Finch    2
American Goldfinch    9

END OF SPECIES LIST

D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD  20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom

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