Hi All,
 
Over lunch, I found that McMillan Reservoir in DC benefited from the strong southwest winds by having it's waterfowl pushed close to the SW shore and fence.  Large number of migrant Canada Geese were feeding in the same area.  
 
The highlight was a nice female Blue-winged Teal actively feeding close to SW shore. At first I considered more common Green-winged Teal, but shape, face pattern make me think BW Teal.  Chance it was a juv, but I think it probably looks more like and adult female (considering shape of flank pattern).  Photos:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6264235530/    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6263709837/    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27721024@N05/6264264814/  
 
Maybe due to the strong winds, there were virtually NO gulls around!?!
 
Here's the full eBird list:
 


McMillan Reservoir, District of Columbia, US-DC
Oct 20, 2011 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments:     Strong SW wind.  almost all waterfowl either close to SW fence or on lawn.
14 species

Canada Goose  82     60 were small and 22 where medium size - all obviously migrants and most feeding on lawn out of wind.
Mallard  5
Blue-winged Teal  1    
Ring-necked Duck  11
Ruddy Duck  1     possibly the continuing male.  Sleeping on the water with the Ring-necked Duck flock.
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  2
American Crow  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
White-throated Sparrow  3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Good Birding!
 
Jason Berry
Washington, DC
 
 

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