I got to Green Hill around 2 pm, parked in the small construction lot on
south side of Huntmaster Rd and walked into wetland on NW side. Found Dave
Powell and Joe Hanfman already searching for bird. A few minutes after
exchanging pleasantries, Joe spotted the shrike perched in a tree about
150 yards away on opposite side of wetland. If you look at the map that
Jared Fisher included with his original post, it would be near the mark on
the far right side of his map. We watched for about 15 minutes until Joe
saw bird fly low and left. We were not able to locate it after that.
I walked south of Huntmaster Rd for a bit and enjoyed a good number of
sparrows and also spooked 3 American Pipits from a wet area. Ran into
Robert Parsons and he and I tried to relocate the shrike to no avail.
If you go here during the week and cannot use the construction lot to park
in, a little further back towards Brink Rd, look for a small gravel area to
pull off in on south side of Huntmaster just before you cross the bridge
over small creek.
Thanks to Jared Fisher for finding a great county bird.
Andy Martin
Gaithersburg
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Jared Fisher <> wrote:
> All,
>
> Just heard from Dave Powell. He, Joe Hanfman, and Andy Martin have
> relocated the bird on the east side of the property. Photos of the shrike
> from this morning http://www.flickr.com/photos/55350646@N04/
>
> Jared Fisher
> North Bethesda, MD
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Jared Fisher <
> >wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I found a northern shrike this morning at Green Hill Farm wetland area
> > just west of laytonsville on Huntmaster rd. This is a delicate site and
> > anyone going after the bird needs to take note of a few things. First,
> > there is no official parking area or easy access. There is limited
> parking
> > along the north side of Huntmaster road. Second, I would advise people to
> > stay along the main trail, which is just a little farther north up
> > huntmaster. The bird was seen at close range from this trail for about 15
> > min around 11am, before flying to the far east treeline of the property.
> > This is public property, but also is surrounded by private homes. Please
> be
> > mindful of where you are, and do not trespass. If I were trying to refind
> > the bird, I think first scoping tree tops from the road shoulder would
> be a
> > good bet.
> >
> > Google map link of the site - http://g.co/maps/9sxrf
> >
> >
> > Jared Fisher
> > North Bethesda, MD
> >
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