There are three E-bird reports of Red-breasted Mergansers at Hughes 
Hollow (Montgomery Co) (presumably in the impoundments) from yesterday 4-16. 
I would ask that the observers reconsider their identification. Both today 
4-17 and  Thursday 4-14 there have been good numbers of female Hooded 
Mergansers in the large impoundment, something I usually don't see until 
June when females bring their broods here.
         I have never seen this species on the impoundments for as long as I 
have been birding the area.   I see them on the Potomac and once on a May 
count I found them on a pond near the river.

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA
 

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