Yesterday morning I did a bird survey at Masonville Cove, Baltimore City accompanied by Sue Ricciardi. Vegetation was very tall making walking difficult in some places. Passage migrants and wintering birds are starting to arrive.

Canada Goose  37
Baldpate  1
Black Duck  1
Mallard  22
Double-crested Cormorant  38
Great Blue Heron  22
Great Egret  5
Black-crowned Night-Heron  7
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1 immature
Turkey Vulture  6
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  1 adult
Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Killdeer  9
Laughing Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  3
Caspian Tern  2
Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  21
Chimney Swift  3
Kingfisher  3
Sapsucker  1
Flicker  2
Phoebe  1
American Crow  1 heard
Carolina Wren  4
House Wren  2
Marsh Wren  2, these are migrants here
Catbird  17
Nashville Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  14, all western subspecies
Yellowthroat  28
Savannah Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  5
Cardinal  4
Bobolink  6
Red-winged Blackbird  35
Goldfinch  3
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD