This morning I led a field trip for Piney Run Nature Center.  Among the birds seen today in the park were:

Canada Goose  40
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  10
Lesser Scaup  1 male
Ruddy Duck  4
Common Loon  4
Pied-billed Grebe  1
DC Cormorant  24
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1, my first of the year
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1, my first of the year
Blue Jay  19 migrating in small flocks
Tree & Barn Swallows over the lake
House Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Gnatcatcher  8, very active
Yellow Warbler  1
Myrtle Warbler  6
Redstart  1 adult male
Louisiana Waterthrush  2
Yellowthroat  2
White-throated Sparrow  10

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD