Today a friend and I birded at Lake Artemisia in the crystal clear sunshine. We were very excited to see an American Kestrel flying above us.  It landed on a telephone pole  not far from the metro tracks and let us observe it for a while. ( It was very colorful.)  It flew off and landed on the top of a tree. We enjoyed watching lots of ducks on the water.

Birds at Lake Artemisia

American Kestral 


Canada Geese    


Hooded Mergansers
   Males and females

Ruddy Ducks

Ring-necked Ducks

Mallards

American Coot

Northern Mockingbird

Song Sparrow

Eastern Towhee (heard)

Ring-billed Gulls


Elda Banks
Colesville
Silver Spring

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