Hi Eveybody:

I led the second in a series of joint ANS/MBC trips after work on Tuesday evening. We met at 5 PM on the bridge at Riley's Lock. Highlights here included the continuing 2 RED-NECKED GREBES previously reported. Periodically one would swim into the waters just below the bridge affording great looks to everybody. There  were also 8 Horned Grebes in the same proximity with one or two showing the beginning stages of molting into their breeding plumage. Tree Sparrows were moving up the Potomac River in loose groups. I counted 30+ and then later Jared Fisher had another 60+ fly by.

The WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was still in the waters just above the rapids at Violette's Lock among the Redheads and Greater Scaup.

As we approached the dikes at Hughes Hollow a Greater Yellowlegs put on a nice show calling and circling several times before heading west. Waterfowl seen in the large impoundment included 2 American Wigeon, 1 Green-winged Teal, 15 Ring-necked Ducks, 4 Hooded Mergansers and 1 Pied-billed Grebe.

 We were here for only 15 minutes and then headed over to Sycamore Landing road where we finished with approx. 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS heard including one nearby display. There was another bird close to us that "Peented" on the ground but never flew up in display. Since the temperature had dropped to 33 degrees we were lucky to have any display at all.

Jim Green
Gaithersburg, MD

work in moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!!!

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