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Re: Birder New to the Area

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Gail Mackiernan

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Gail Mackiernan

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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:50:59 -0400

Hi --

Sorry missed the original email as out at Poplar Island that day --

Anyway, for Sligo Creek Park, the area above University Blvd. is best -- see
the recent birding guide to Montgomery County for spots, this book is
available from the Audubon Bookstore at ANS among other places. We have also
had VERY good luck recently at Brookside Botanical Garden and nearby areas
of Wheaton regional Park (Pine Lake area) so this is worth trying. Get there
early before the joggers!

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD

on 08/17/2010 8:38 AM, Tim Boucher at  wrote:

> Silver Spring is a big area, but if you are in the part of Silver Spring
> inside or near the Beltway, the obvious answers are Rock Creek Park and Sligo
> Creek Park. In Rock Creek, the hotspots during migration are the maintenance
> yard (parking lot, open area behind the maintenance building - just follow the
> other birders) and the area around the stables. There are other good places,
> especially along the creek itself. I can't speak to specific places in Sligo
> Creek Park. 
> 
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