I spent parts of Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this past week
looking for waterfowl and other birds along and near the Potomac River
in Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington Counties.  The best birds
were at Riley's Lock in Montgomery and Big Pool in Washington.  The
highlights, from my eBird reports, are below:


Location:     C&O Canal--Riley's Lock, Montgomery Co.
Observation date:     3/2/11
Number of species:     12

Mallard     3
Redhead     12
Greater Scaup     2
Lesser Scaup     30
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER     1 -- continuing bird, in a fixed flock of
Redheads and scaup, about 1/2 mile downstream from the mouth of Seneca
Creek
Pied-billed Grebe     2
Horned Grebe     4
Red-necked Grebe     2
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Bald Eagle     1
American Coot     34
Tree Swallow     3


Location:     C&O Canal--Mouth of the Monocacy, Frederick Co.
Observation date:     3/4/11
Number of species:     5

Wood Duck     2
Mallard     6
Common Merganser     2
Ring-billed Gull     100
Tufted Titmouse     4


Location:     Kershner's Pond, Frederick Co.
Observation date:     3/4/11
Number of species:     8

Canada Goose     100
Tundra Swan     35
Redhead     3
Ring-necked Duck     75
Lesser Scaup     2
Hooded Merganser     4
Common Merganser     16
Ruddy Duck     2


Location:     C&O Canal--Antietam Creek, Washington Co.
Observation date:     3/4/11
Number of species:     9

Gadwall     1
Mallard     4
Common Merganser     2
Northern Flicker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Eastern Bluebird     3
Dark-eyed Junco     6
Northern Cardinal     1


Location:     Lake Linganore, Frederick Co.
Observation date:     3/5/11
Number of species:     2

Tundra Swan     12
Common Merganser     4


Location:     Fort Frederick SP--Big Pool, Washington Co.
Observation date:     3/5/11
Number of species:     15

Canada Goose     300
American Wigeon     4
American Black Duck     6
Mallard     25
Canvasback     4
Redhead     12
RING-NECKED DUCK     250
Greater Scaup     2
Lesser Scaup     4
Bufflehead     6
Hooded Merganser     40
Common Merganser     50
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Killdeer     1
Ring-billed Gull     18


These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


My last stop yesterday, at about 5:00, was at LM Stevens Park in
Poolesville (in my second attempt to find the Greater White-fronted
Goose).  At the sewage treatment pond there was a domestic hybrid
goose with a small group of Canada Geese.  This bird was mostly white,
with some light brown streaking in the wing feathers, and had a
pinkish-orange bill and orange feet and legs.  I thought I would
mention it, since from a distance and in a flock of other geese, it
could be mistaken for a Snow Goose.  Also present were a drake
American Wigeon and a Pied-billed Grebe.  I did not see any geese in
the nearby fields along Route 107.


Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)


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