Counted this area along the Potomac in extreme northwest Montgomery 
County today, and, despite the brutal wind chill, managed to see a few 
interesting birds. Highlights included an adult Peregrine falcon along 
the Potomac between Dickerson Conservation Park and the Monocacy 
Aqueduct, three Winter Wrens, two Common Ravens, and six Hermit 
Thrushes. Full eBird list below.  I believe I also saw the Peregrine 
Falcon on January 1, so this bird may be hanging around.

Thanks to Rick Sussman for giving me many tips on how to bird the area, 
which he has counted in the past, and to Carl Jacobsen for assisting me 
in the field.

Location:     Sugarloaf CBC sector 1: Dickerson Conservation Park, Mouth 
of Monocacy Road add fields in the vicinity, and mouth of Monocacy 
access to C&O Canal
Observation date:     1/3/10

Canada Goose     3
Mallard 6
Common Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle     1
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Peregrine Falcon     1
American Kestrel 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Ring-billed Gull     19
Rock Pigeon     12
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     4
Downy Woodpecker     10
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     10
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     5
American Crow     39
crow sp.     3
Common Raven 2
Carolina Chickadee     7
Tufted Titmouse     13
White-breasted Nuthatch     6
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     13
Winter Wren     3
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1
Eastern Bluebird     13
Hermit Thrush     6
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird    7
European Starling    171
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
Eastern Towhee 3
White-throated Sparrow     72
Dark-eyed Junco     24
Northern Cardinal     21
House Finch    3
American Goldfinch     9

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)