I decided to do a little waterfowl birding in Washington Coumty this morning.  I started at Big Pool, arriving at 9.  Unfortunately the park doesn't open until 11.  So I detoured north to Indian Springs where the pond was wide open and there were:

Canada Goose  25
Mallard  2
Ring-necked Duck  30
Hooded Merganser  6

   On to Blair's Valley Lake, unfortunately the lake was 99% frozen but I did see:

Canada Goose  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Killdeer  1
Woodcock  -  flushed 1
Kingfisher  1
Tree Sparrow  2

   Back to Big Pool at 11 where the lake is 90% frozen but most of the north shore is open and waterfowl were crowded in there:

Snow Goose  1 adult white, perhaps the same one I saw on the C&O Canal winter count about 5 miles downstream in January.
Canada Goose  300
Wood Duck  2, a pair
Baldpate  3, 2 males & 1 female
Black Duck  135
Mallard  45
Redhead  2, a pair
Greater Scaup  1 female
Lesser Scaup  5, 3 males & 2 females
Bufflehead  2 males
Hooded Merganser  10
Common Merganser  5 males
Ruddy Duck  1 female
Killdeer  2 flew over
Ring-billed Gull  2 adults

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD