Yesterday I made another survey at Masonville Cove.  Taylor McLean joined me for about three hours there.  Some of the waterfowl are only estimates as a boat came into the cove while I was counting.  Weather was clear and warm.

Double-crested Cormorant  30
Turkey Vulture  8 migrating
Canada Goose  28
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  2
Canvasback  2
Lesser Scaup  36
Bufflehead  23
Hooded Merganser  2
Common Merganser  1
Ruddy Duck  280
Osprey  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Kestrel  2 migrating
Killdeer  2
Bonaparte's Gull  135
Ring-billed Gull  65
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-back  3
Mourning Dove  2
SHORT-EARED OWL  1 flying around at 10:30AM
Kingfisher  1 heard
Downy Woodpecker  1 heard
Flicker  1 heard
Phoebe  4
Fish Crow  2
Tree Swallow  12
Rough-winged Swallow  2
Carolina Wren  1 heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1, my first of the year
Robin  4
Mockingbird  1 heard
Starling  2
Towhee  1
Field Sparrow  4, including 1 with some white tail feathers
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  30
Swamp Sparrow  5
Cardinal  2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Common Grackle  4 flying over
Cowbird  6
Goldfinch  10

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD