Lake Churchill

Roger Stone (rogs@erols.com)
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 00:16:36 -0400 

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Yes, Lake Churchill! =20

It's that small lake in Germantown between Father Hurley Blvd. and =
Little Seneca Lake (Black Hill Regional Park).

On a lunchtime health walk around the lake, in the swampy area at the =
south end, (nearest Papa H. Blvd.) in addition to 2 Spotted Sandpipers =
and a Killdeer, I encountered a Great Blue Heron, Green Heron and an =
immature Night-Heron.  At the time I thought it was a Yellow-Crowned, =
but after checking the books, it may be a Black-Crowned.  (Hey, I was =
getting exercise so I didn't carry my Peterson's, and I don't have all =
the juvenals sorted out yet.<g>  I'll have to go back again armed with =
reference materials!)  On the water in addition to Canadas, Mallards, =
Black Ducks, Woodies and DC Cormorants, were a pair of Pied-billed =
Grebes -- the first I've seen this season.=20

Then some A......hem, Jerk, fired a gun and his dog splashed into the =
water after a stick or something.  Is it legal to train dogs and shoot =
firearms in community lakes?  Can't be, but who's going to yell at a guy =
with a gun and an unleashed dog?  Well, that was the end of the =
waterfowl.....

So I went over to the paved paths in Black Hill.  The resident =
Red-headed Woodpeckers were doing their thing as usual in the snags on =
the far side, but otherwise it was pretty quiet.  (Of course it was =
during lunch/birdy nap-time so that's not surprising.)

Happy Birding!

Roger Stone
Germantown, MD

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Yes, Lake Churchill! 
 
It's that small lake in Germantown between = Father=20 Hurley Blvd. and Little Seneca Lake (Black Hill Regional = Park).
 
On a lunchtime health walk around the lake, = in the=20 swampy area at the south end, (nearest Papa H. Blvd.) in addition to 2 = Spotted=20 Sandpipers and a Killdeer, I encountered a Great Blue Heron, Green Heron = and an=20 immature Night-Heron.  At the time I thought it was a = Yellow-Crowned, but=20 after checking the books, it may be a Black-Crowned.  (Hey, I was = getting=20 exercise so I didn't carry my Peterson's, and I don't have all the = juvenals=20 sorted out yet.<g>  I'll have to go back again armed with = reference=20 materials!)  On the water in addition to Canadas, Mallards, Black = Ducks,=20 Woodies and DC Cormorants, were a pair of Pied-billed Grebes -- the = first I've=20 seen this season. 
 
Then some A......hem, Jerk, fired a gun and his dog splashed into = the water=20 after a stick or something.  Is it legal to train dogs and shoot = firearms=20 in community lakes?  Can't be, but who's going to yell at a guy = with a gun=20 and an unleashed dog?  Well, that was the end of the = waterfowl.....
 
So I went over to the paved paths in Black = Hill. =20 The resident Red-headed Woodpeckers were doing their thing as usual in = the snags=20 on the far side, but otherwise it was pretty quiet.  (Of course it = was=20 during lunch/birdy nap-time so that's not surprising.)
 
Happy Birding!
 
Roger Stone
Germantown, MD
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