This morning, January 28, I led a group of 17 birders from the
Northern Virginia Bird Club to the Black Hill Regional Park,
Montgomery County, Maryland, which quite a few participants had never
visited before.
The eBird list is given below. Probably the best highlight was having
great scope views of 2 pairs of Common Goldeneye and of a single
Horned Grebe. Waterfowl numbers were exceptionally low for this
stage in the winter, but fortunately we had plenty of diversity and a
very pleasant morning, weather wise.
Michael Bowen
Montgomery and Northern Virginia Bird Clubs
Black Hill Regional Park, Montgomery, US-MD
Jan 28, 2012 8:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: Northern Virginia Bird Club field trip with Michael
Bowen as leader
50 species
Canada Goose 120
Gadwall 2 pair near boat ramp
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 6
Canvasback 14
Ring-necked Duck 3 exceptionally low number
Bufflehead 25
Common Goldeneye 4 very good scope views
Hooded Merganser 15
Common Merganser 35
Ruddy Duck 6 extremely low number
Pied-billed Grebe 12
Horned Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Coot 50
Ring-billed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 12
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 20
Fish Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1 river birch trees by visitor. center
Carolina Wren 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 10
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 5
House Finch 12
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail: dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom
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