I like to find birds when I go out, and I’m not finding many around here. It seems to me that wasn’t always so. In any event, I headed to College Park this morning, despite the traffic, which I came to loathe years ago.
Lake Artemesia was OK-not over abundant, but a good variety, including my first decent Grebes of the season.
I also stopped by Buddy Attick Lake, which is only a couple of miles away, and found a few good birds.
A good morning.
![Lake Artemesia 96 Lake Artemesia 96](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lake-Artemesia-96.jpg?resize=584%2C390&ssl=1)
![Lake Artemesia 97 Lake Artemesia 97](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lake-Artemesia-97.jpg?resize=584%2C390&ssl=1)
Lake Artemesia.
![Common Loon 2017-8 Common Loon 2017-8](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Common-Loon-2017-8.jpg?resize=584%2C534&ssl=1)
I found this Common Loon at Quiet Waters yesterday.
![Ring Necked Duck 2017-19 Ring Necked Duck 2017-19](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ring-Necked-Duck-2017-19.jpg?resize=584%2C508&ssl=1)
This Ring Necked image is enhanced by the reflection of the fall colors.
![Great Blue Heron 2017-129 (1) Great Blue Heron 2017-129 (1)](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Great-Blue-Heron-2017-129-1.jpg?resize=584%2C586&ssl=1)
A single Great Blue Heron was fishing at Buddy Attick.
![Pied Billed Grebe 2017-16 Pied Billed Grebe 2017-16](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pied-Billed-Grebe-2017-16.jpg?resize=584%2C567&ssl=1)
I found 4 Pied Billed Grebes at Lake Artemesia.
![Hooded Merganser 2017-808 Hooded Merganser 2017-808](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Hooded-Merganser-2017-808.jpg?resize=584%2C525&ssl=1)
![Hooded Merganser 2017-809 Hooded Merganser 2017-809](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Hooded-Merganser-2017-809.jpg?resize=584%2C463&ssl=1)
Two female Hooded Mergansers were resting at Buddy Attick.
![Ring Necked Duck 2017-16 Ring Necked Duck 2017-16](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ring-Necked-Duck-2017-16.jpg?resize=584%2C440&ssl=1)
![Ring Necked Duck 2017-17 Ring Necked Duck 2017-17](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ring-Necked-Duck-2017-17.jpg?resize=584%2C510&ssl=1)
Ring Necked ducks always seem to be at Lake Artemesia in the Winter.
![Mallard 2017-53 Mallard 2017-53](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mallard-2017-53.jpg?resize=584%2C547&ssl=1)
Many Mallards are at both lakes.
![Tundra Swan 2017-70 Tundra Swan 2017-70](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Tundra-Swan-2017-70.jpg?resize=584%2C484&ssl=1)
This is the same Tundra Swan I found a couple of weeks ago.
![Pied Billed Grebe 2017-15 Pied Billed Grebe 2017-15](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pied-Billed-Grebe-2017-15.jpg?resize=584%2C496&ssl=1)
![Pied Billed Grebe 2017-16 Pied Billed Grebe 2017-16](https://i0.wp.com/hughvandervoort.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pied-Billed-Grebe-2017-16.jpg?resize=584%2C567&ssl=1)
I found 4 Pied Billed Grebes at Lake Artemesia.