My brother, Robert, and I did some birding in Montgomery County today. The most exciting find (despite not being very countable) was a Chukar along Sycamore Landing Rd around  5 pm. It was just standing on a log within a few feet of the road and we got great looks. Later at the same location we watched a few American Woodcock displays. Some other highlights follow.

Pennyfield Lock
Blue-winged Teal (2 males in the second impoundment)
Green-winged Teal  
Wood Duck
Common Goldeneye
Great Scaup
Lesser Scaup

Riley's Lock
White-winged Scoter--2 (including an adult male)
Surf Scoter
Red-necked Grebe--2
Herring Gull

McKee-Beshers WMA
Rusty Blackbird--3
Wilson's Snipe

Polo Grounds
Horned Lark--3
Killdeer--23

Germantown Soccerplex Pond (pretty dead)
Killdeer
Red-shouldered Hawk

Black Hill RP (very quiet on the lake)
Ruddy Duck 
Bald Eagle
Pine Siskin (at Visitors Center feeders)

Rickman Farm Horse Park (as we drove by)
Kestrel--2

Edward's Ferry
Red-breasted Merganser--2 (pair)

Fields along Edwards Ferry Rd near entrance to Edward's Ferry
Eastern Meadowlark--5? (Easier to hear than to see)

Sycamore Landing Rd
American Wigeon
Common Goldeneye--16
Chukar
Northern Bobwhite (several heard calling at dusk)
American Woodcock (displaying in dog training area)


Mike Ostrowski
North Bethesda, Mont. Co.