Hi all,

I birded along the Potomac (from the Virginia side) and the Patuxent Rivers
this morning.  Highlights along the Potomac were a RED-NECKED GREBE very
near the Piscataway Creek boardwalk (as viewed from the general vicinity of
Fort Hunt) and good numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLs at all stops- at one point,
a flock of 34 kettled, and headed off more or less to the Northwest.  There
were also 4 HORNED GREBES in various states of plumage, 3 COMMON LOONs, one
in nearly full alternate plumage, and some sizeable groups of RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERs.  The Patuxent was a bit slower-  about the best was Eagle
Harbor, where there were 5 ROYAL TERNs among the gull flock concentrated
around a fisherman that was cleaning fish and tossing the scraps into the
water.

Good Birding!

Mikey Lutmerding
Croom, MD

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