Spent an hour along the Potomac at Riverbend Park today checking on the
ducks. As usual, lots of Ring-necked ducks and Bufflehead; also five male and
several female Redhead, two male Canvasbacks, a few Ruddies and Gadwall, and
about 15 or 20, Common Mergansers, all in a group, just before sunset.
I also found two Pied-billed grebes and a winter plumage, Horned Grebe, my
first at Riverbend this year. The Horned Grebe and one of the Canvasbacks
were very close to the Virginia shore, offering excellent looks.
Donald Sweig
Falls Church, Virginia
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