Hi all,

  I know the Virginia's Warbler is hot, but I was lured to Black Hill Regional Park this morning to do some sketching of the Gadwalls that Dave C. reported yesterday.  They were there. As I was walking from the parking lot to the trail I heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch, a nice treat.  While I was scoping the ducks, 2 Northern Shovelers appeared on the opposite bank.  A good size flock of Mallards had flown in, so they might have been with them.

Other Species:

Canada Geese  60+
Gadwall  52
Northern Shoveler  2 (drake, hen)
Buffleheads
Hooded Mergansers
Green-winged Teal  1
Mallard
American Black Duck  4 

Pied billed Grebe 1-2
Common Crow
Barred Owl  (heard)
Golden-crowned Kinglets- several
Red breasted Nuthatch  1
Red bellied woodpecker
Downy wp
Eastern Bluebirds-several
Winter Wren  1
Carolina wren  2
Carolina Chickadee

Turkey Vulture
Red tailed Hawk
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Cardinal
" slate colored" Junco
White throated Sparrow

D.Ford/Bethesda, Md.


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