Hello all,

Stopped by Davidsonville Park yesterday and found things pretty active.? I found a female Hooded Merganser with five little ones in a shallow pond in the NW section of the park.? Does anyone have the latest on nesting Hooded Mergansers in Maryland? ?I noticed in my Breeding atlas that they are rare nesters and I did not see much as far as Anne Arundel County nesting birds.? 

Enjoy the nesting season,

Terry

Location: ? ? Davidsonville Park
Observation date: ? ? 5/27/09
Notes: ? ? Hood Merganser female found with five young in shallow pond on NW side of Park.
Number of species: ? ? 48

Canada Goose ? ? 2
Mallard ? ? 2
Hooded Merganser ? ? 6
Great Blue Heron ? ? 1
Green Heron ? ? 1
Black Vulture ? ? 2
Turkey Vulture ? ? 1
Killdeer ? ? 3
Mourning Dove ? ? 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo ? ? 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird ? ? 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker ? ? 1
Downy Woodpecker ? ? 1
Acadian Flycatcher ? ? 2
White-eyed Vireo ? ? 2
Red-eyed Vireo ? ? 1
Blue Jay ? ? 2
American Crow ? ? 2
Tree Swallow ? ? 4
Carolina Chickadee ? ? 1
Carolina Wren ? ? 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ? ? 2
Eastern Bluebird ? ? 4
Wood Thrush ? ? 1
American Robin ? ? 1
Northern Mockingbird ? ? 1
European Starling ? ? 2
Cedar Waxwing ? ? 2
Yellow Warbler ? ? 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler ? ? 1
Prairie Warbler ? ? 1
Blackpoll Warbler ? ? 1
Ovenbird ? ? 2
Common Yellowthroat ? ? 4
Yellow-breasted Chat ? ? 3
Eastern Towhee ? ? 1
Chipping Sparrow ? ? 5
Field Sparrow ? ? 1
Song Sparrow ? ? 1
Northern Cardinal ? ? 2
Blue Grosbeak ? ? 3
Indigo Bunting ? ? 5
Red-winged Blackbird ? ? 4
Common Grackle ? ? 3
Orchard Oriole ? ? 2
Baltimore Oriole ? ? 3
American Goldfinch ? ? 4
House Sparrow ? ? 3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)




Terry Crowe
Birding Brothers
Shady Side, Maryland