One quick correction on my post about yesterday; they were Tree Swallows
flying up river not Tree Sparrows. I guess I still have a little bit of
winter on my mind. Thanks for the correction Leslie and Rick.

Jim Green
Gaithersburg, MD

work in moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!!!
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Jim Green <> wrote:

> 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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