The Eared Grebe, found by Mikey L., was still present at Piscataway Park today from 11:10 a.m. - Noon. Also present were Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser (1f), Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe,  Horned Grebe, and a Great Black-backed Gull . 

    The best bird of the day was a Double-crested Cormorant. I ran into a field trip of 5th Graders and the ~18 kids all got good looks at the cormorant through my scope. I heard several comments: "it looks like a penguin", "it looks like a heron", "it is big", "wow", and "it has a long neck". Their teacher asked me about the Eared Grebe and I pointed out its location to her.    






Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD