This morning I did a bird survey at Masonville Cove in Baltimore.  This month the cove was free of ice and over a thousand waterfowl were present.  Access is with permission of the Maryland Port Administration.

Canada Goose  31
Wood Duck  2, a pair
Gadwall  4, two pairs
Baldpate  9
Black Duck  2
Mallard  19
Shoveler  5, 4 males & 1 female
Pintail  2, a pair
Canvasback  225
Redhead  12, 7 males & 5 females
Ring-necked Duck  1 male
Lesser Scaup  700
Bufflehead  39
Common Merganser  18, 7 males & 11 females
Ruddy Duck  250
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1 adult
Hawk, sp.  1
Coot  3
Killdeer  2, a pair
Woodcock  1, flushed by the unidentified hawk
Ring-billed Gull  32
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-back  6
Mourning Dove  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Flicker  5
Crow, sp.  2
Carolina Wren  2
Robin  1
American Pipit  1
Tree Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  83, mostly migrants
Swamp Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  7

Weather was partly cloudy, wind 5-10, temperature 35-45.

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD