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MBC walk @ Lilypons/Oland Rd area today

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Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:16:36 -0500

Hi all,

The Montgomery Bird Club walk this morning visited Lilypons Water 
Gardens, the Oland Rd/Rt. 85 junction, and the Bishop Claggett Center 
(all in Frederick Co.). 10 birders plus 2 leaders enjoyed some great 
sightings. We had 45 species (plus two more seen by leader after group 
broke up just before noon). It started out quite cold with a heavy frost,
and 
many ponds had a thin coatng of ice, but it soon warmed up and birds 
became more active. Not too many sparrows in Lilypons (compared to 
previous years) but a fair variety.  The Claggett Ctr. came through with 
White-crowned Sparrow and Sapsucker, as hoped. The most exciting 
moments came when we pulled off at the corner of Oland Rd. and Rt. 85 
and found a little group of larks and one bright longpsur just in front of
the 
cars (near a tiny puddle)! They stuck around for about 10 minutes and all 
enjoyed great scope views.

Highlights were:

AMERICAN BITTERN - 1 Lilypons (almost the first bird seen)
LAPLAND LONGSPUR - 1 at Oland Rd., with a few Horned Larks, 
sometimes the closest bird -- male still showing a lot of color.  It 
aggressively attacked several larks and chased them off. Photos taken!
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW -- 4 at Lilypons - not as many as on Friday 
but always nice to see this lovely bird.
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 8 at Claggett Center

Other species:

Great Blue Heron - 12 
Canada Goose - 80+
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 25
Green-winged Teal - 15
Bufflehead (female) - 1
Hooded Merganser - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 4
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 12
(American Kestrel - 1 fly-by , post-trip
Wilson's Snipe - 2
(Ring-billed Gull - 2 fly-by, post-trip)
Rock Pigeon - 25+
Mourning Dove - 18
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 25+
Fish Crow - 1 (heard only)
Horned Lark - 30+
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Carolina Wren - 4
Winter Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 45+
American Tree Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 25+
Swamp Sparrow - 20+
White-throated Sparrow - 18
White-crowned Sparrow - 8
Dark -eyed Junco- 10
Lapland Longspur - 1
Northern Cardinal - 14
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 9
House Sparrow - 3

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD



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