Here are the results of Yesterday's (12/7/02) count of waterfowl in
Montgomery County at various sites, mostly along the Potomac as accessed
from the C&O Canal. The results for Black Hill Regional Park probably
duplicate in part the sightings of another group of people who birded the
park. (My sightings cover only birds seen from the bridge on Rte. 121.)
This count was coordinated by the Fairfax Audubon Society.
1. Little Falls
CANADA GOOSE 40
COMMON MERGANSER 3
MALLARD 30
2. Carderock Recreation Area - Old Angler's Inn
CANADA GOOSE 90
MALLARD 10
AM. BLACK DUCK 2
BUFFLEHEAD 4
3. Great Falls Park
PIED-BILLED GREBE 1
TUNDRA SWAN 1
CANADA GOOSE 400
MALLARD 30
AM. BLACK DUCK 8
AM. WIGEON 3
GADWALL 2
RING-NECKED DUCK 400
REDHEAD 4
N. SHOVELER 3
HOODED MERGANSER 2
(Some of these birds were almost certainly also visible from Riverbend Park
in Fairfax County, from which one group of birders has reported in to VA-Bird.)
4. Violette's Lock - Riley's Lock
PIED-BILLED GREBE 4
CANADA GOOSE 20
BUFFLEHEAD 7
COMMON GOLDENEYE 2 (both hens)
MALLARD 10
AM. BLACK DUCK 8
GADWALL 12
N. SHOVELER 6
AM. COOT 2
RUDDY DUCK 1
5. Black Hill Regional Park (Little Seneca Lake)
CANVASBACK 6
RUDDY DUCK 200
MALLARD 12
RING-NECKED DUCK 50
GREEN-WINGED TEAL 4
AM. WIGEON 4
CANADA GOOSE 250
TUNDRA SWAN 2
BUFFLEHEAD 45
HOODED MERGANSER 5
AM. COOT 26
6. Seneca Creek State Park (Clopper Lake)
CANADA GOOSE 500
MALLARD 20
GADWALL 1
AM. WIGEON 2
REDHEAD 1 male
RING-NECKED DUCK 300
HOODED MERGANSER 6
AM. COOT 30
Smaller and shallower ponds in Montgomery County were mostly frozen over. I
did not have time to visit bodies of water in the eastern part of the
county (like the Mt. Zion Road pond) that may well still be open.
Mike Bowen
Bethesda
D.H. Michael Bowen (Mike)
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda MD 20817
Tel./Fax: (301) 530-5764
e-mail: dhmbowen@xxxxxxxxx
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