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Riley's Lock and Hughes Hollow

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"Lanpher, Brendan"

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Lanpher, Brendan

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Sun, 2 Jan 2011 12:37:17 -0500

I spent the morning at Hughes Hollow and then Riley's Lock.  Nothing very exciting at HH - huge numbers of everyday birds.  No red-heads, but plenty of other woodpeckers.  Decided to leave when nearby gunshots became more frequent.

I headed over to Riley's Lock.  A hairy woodpecker was right over my car in the parking lot.  Not a lot of activity, but a common goldeneye fairly close in and a red-throated loon far out in the potomac.  The loon was a couple of hundred yards upstream from the lock, about 2/3rds of the way across the river.  Weather seems to be improving, I may try to go back later, hoping that maybe it will be closer...