Ed,
I saw the RN Grebe, first found by John Dennehy, on Sunday afternoon. I
first scanned from the parking area as you did and did not see it. Then
Leslie Starr & Joe Turner told me you needed to head to the right (when
facing the water) and I found it with no problem. Directions--head
towards the nature center and from there follow the trail around the big
inlet (orange blaze trail). Once you get back towards the edge of the
main lake start checking the lake for the Grebe as you continue moving
away from the nature center. It's about a 20 minute hike. Kudos to
John for taking the long hike to begin with to find the bird.
Also on Sunday I had 4 Bonapartes' Gulls at Triadelphia Res. Greenbridge
(pipeline) which were flying over both Howard and Montgomery County
lines. I see Joe Hanfman refound 2 today from the boat ramp--so they
appear to be sticking around. Surprisingly there were no waterfowl of
any kind at Triadelphia when I was there other than flyover Tundra Swans.
Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
PLEASE REPORT YOUR BIRD SIGHTINGS to http://ebird.org/
On 12/6/2010 10:01 PM, Ed Boyd wrote:
> I checked Piney Run this afternoon for the Red-necked Grebe but came
> up empty in an hour of searching. I was scanning the main lake during
> that time and did not get to the back areas east of and away from the
> marina, so the bird could still be present. I basically got run out by
> the park personnel when at about 3:45 I was notified that they were
> going to close the gates and I had to get moving. The main part of the
> lake held some decent numbers of waterfowl, just not the target grebe.
> The number of Hooded Mergansers on the lake was remarkable.
>
> Canada Goose 40
> Gadwall 8
> American Wigeon 8
> American Black Duck 14
> Mallard 22
> Canvasback 4
> Ring-necked Duck 192
> Bufflehead 18
> Hooded Merganser 122
> Common Merganser 6
> Ruddy Duck 28
> Pied-billed Grebe 7
> Horned Grebe 2
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
> Ring-billed Gull 126
> American Crow 200
> Carolina Wren 1
> American Robin 1
> Red-winged Blackbird 1
>
> Ed Boyd
> Westminster, MD
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