At least 2 Common Redpolls are still at Fort Howard Park, Baltimore
County, as of 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, January 17.
I was watching 3 White-winged Crossbills eating from Sweet Gum seed
balls this morning, when I became aware that two Common Redpolls were
sitting together fairly low in another Sweet Gum tree quite close to
the play area in Fort Howard Park. Unfortunately, at that very
moment someone came by with a Chesapeake Bay retriever in tow,
normally a breed I'm quite fond of. By the time the owner had
finished proudly observing that her handsome pet was "the state dog
of Maryland" and the dog itself had stopped barking in loud approval,
the Redpolls and all other birds had moved on, not to return.
In the waters just off the park were small groups of Bufflehead and
Lesser Scaup, together with a pair of Long-tailed Ducks, which proved
to be my first for this species in Baltimore County.
Close to the wooden pier at the end of Old Bay Shore Rd. in nearby
North Point Park I found two Mute Swans (still common here?) and a
female plumaged Common Goldeneye.
Later in the morning I tried, but failed, to find the wintering Wood
Thrush in Patterson Park, Baltimore City.
Michael Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club
Bethesda, MD
D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail: dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom
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