Birds found 4/29/05 at McKeldin Area, Patapsco Valley SP:

Green Heron  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
White-eyed Vireo  1, my first of the year
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2 heard
Rough-winged Swallow  15
Winter Wren  1, rather late
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Gnatcatcher  10
Parula  10
Prairie Warbler  1 heard, my first of the year
Black-&-white Warbler  3 heard
Redstart  1 adult male
Ovenbird  2 heard
Louisiana Waterthrush  4 heard
White-throated Sparrow  10

On 4/30/05:
At home - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female at my feeder, my first of the year

At Liberty Watershed in the evening:

Parula  1 heard
Pine Warbler  1 heard
Black-&-white Warbler  1 heard
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER  1 heard, only the second record for the watershed

   On 5/1/05
At home - my first Catbird of the season and heard 1 Indigo Bunting, my first of the year

At Liberty Lake in the evening:

Canada Goose  20
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  2
Scaupish Duck  1, my best guess is Lesser Scaupbut you won't find this plumage in any field guide
Red-breasted Merganser  3
DC Cormorant  90
Ring-billed Gull  1 immature
Pileated Woodpecker  1 flew over the lake
Tree Swallow  15
Rough-winged Swallow  10
Bank Swallow  2
Cliff Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  20

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD