Hello, birders.
This afternoon I butterflied at Riverbend Park near
Great Falls. I birded the Meadow area and then walked
down to the VC, then went downstream to the field just
above the little falls. After that I retraced my
steps. I did not see the Ring-necked Ducks reported
previously by Jay Keller.
I did see a GREAT EGRET and 3 FORSTER'S TERNS today
near the Visitor Center. I don't believe either is
terribly uncommon in the area, however I don't think
I've ever seen either species at the park before. The
egret was standing in vegetation just off the Md.
shore when I first saw it. Later, it flew off
downriver. Two terns were resting on a rock in the
middle of the Potomac, a third was flying upriver in
the same area.
Families of songbirds were about - Kingbirds,
Chickadees, Titmice, Buntings.
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
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