I found the reported LONG-TAILED DUCK couple around 10:30 am 
today at the east end of Cash Lake at Patuxent Research 
Refuge (South Tract).  Along the trail a HERMIT THRUSH 
fooled me into thinking it was something even more 
interesting until I re-found it later in better light and 
actively chasing insects.  Yeesh.  Other notables included 
an OSPREY tending a platform nest, two adult BALD EAGLES 
flying over, my first BARN SWALLOWS of the year, a BROWN 
THRASHER near the visitor center, a pair of SWAMP SPARROWS 
near Goose Pond, and a PALM WARBLER on Scarlet Tanager Loop 
as I was leaving the refuge.  Full eBird list below.

Cheers,

D

Location:    Patuxent Research Refuge/South Tract
Observation date:    4/4/10
Notes:    A walk around Cash Lake to look for the reported 
Long-tailed Ducks (found them together in the water at the 
east end of the lake).  Mostly sunny, light breeze, warm. 
Number of species:    40

Canada Goose    18
Wood Duck    1
Ring-necked Duck    11
Long-tailed Duck    2
Double-crested Cormorant    4
Great Blue Heron    1
Black Vulture    1
Turkey Vulture    1
Osprey    1
Bald Eagle    2
Red-tailed Hawk    1
Killdeer    1
Mourning Dove    2
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Downy Woodpecker    2
Northern Flicker    2
Pileated Woodpecker    1
Blue Jay    2
American Crow    2
Fish Crow    1
crow sp.    3
Tree Swallow    30
Barn Swallow    2
Carolina Chickadee    5
Tufted Titmouse    3
White-breasted Nuthatch    1
Eastern Bluebird    2
Hermit Thrush    1
American Robin    4
Northern Mockingbird    1
Brown Thrasher    1
European Starling    3
Palm Warbler (Yellow)    1
Eastern Towhee    1
Chipping Sparrow    2
Song Sparrow    2
Swamp Sparrow    2
Northern Cardinal    1
Red-winged Blackbird    15
Common Grackle    1
Brown-headed Cowbird    6

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

-- 
Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/birds.html