As a follow-up to Kevin Graff's post, and for those who are interested in 
timing, the Neotropic Cormorant was in view on the previously described log from 
about 0700-0820 this morning. The early morning light was good and the 
distance wasn't as bad as I expected.

After the cormorant swam out of sight, some of the group of birders (which 
included a few Virginians) re-convened at Hughes Hollow. There was a great 
assortment of good birds here, including some late migrants, and it was a beautiful 
morning to be out. Before heading home I stopped at Lilypons but found it 
pretty quiet except for 2 Osprey and 3 very large but very distant corvids. 

Some of the more interesting sightings:

Violette's Lock:
American Wigeon - 3
Mallard - 6
Green-winged Teal - 1 with Mallards
scaup sp. - 1 female
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 1 male
Ruddy Duck - 2
PB Grebe - 1
Horned Grebe - 1
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT - 1
DC Cormorant - 5

Hughes Hollow (impoundment area):
Gadwall - 8
Northern Harrier - 1 male "gray ghost"
Wilson's Snipe - 1, close-up views
CHIMNEY SWIFT - 5-6, with Tree Swallows
YB Sapsucker - 2
RB NUTHATCH - 1 heard
Winter Wren - many, some singing
GRAY CATBIRD - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 8
RUSTY BLACKBIRD - about 30 in one flock where main dike reaches the woods
PURPLE FINCH - 2 brownies

Also a couple of Horned Lark on the polo fields on Hughes Road.

Joel Martin
Catonsville, MD