I spent the weekend visiting family in western Pennsylvania 
but managed to get in some birding on the way there and back.  
Noteworthy birds included the following:

Saturday, 11/15/08  
Kershner's Pond, MD Rte. 17 south of Burkittsville, Frederick Co.

Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Geese - many
Tundra Swan - 1
American Black Duck - several
NORTHERN SHOVELER - 1 male
Bufflehead - 2 males, 1 female
Ruddy Duck - quite a few

Monday, 11/17/08
Piney Reservoir, Garrett Co.

Belted Kingfisher - 1
Northern Harrier - 1 immature

Monday, 11/17/08
Rocky Gap State Park, Allegany Co.

Common Loon - 22 (one large group)
Mallard - 2 
Green-winged Teal - 5
Bufflehead - 11 (mostly females)

I thought about stopping at Finzel Swamp but changed my mind 
when I found that the road to the parking lot was covered with two 
inches of new snow.  (I was driving a little rental car with an 
automatic transmission and barely managed to turn around and 
get out of there, as it was.)  My earliest taste of winter driving 
in a long time!

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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