Visited Sandy Point state park this AM.  Fresh WNW wind made it  chilly.
 
Double-crested cormorant - 1 fly by
swans (sp?) - 2  very distant
Canada geese  - a many 100's grazing on the parks grassy  areas
Greater scaup -  ...  
Lesser scaup -  ...
    Scaup still give me trouble.  There were  2 rafts of ca 400 birds further 
up the coast and many smaller parties off the  main beach. Based on head 
outline, most of those I saw in the 2 rafts  appeared to be Greaters.  I would 
appreciate any comments or  corrections from others who visit Sandy Point.
 
Long-tailed duck     > 20, both sexes
Common goldeneye  - ca. 6, both sexes present
Bufflehead - >100 both sexes
Ruddy duck - 1 seen by another birder
Turkey vultures - 4 soaring
Ring-billed gulls - small groups at rest
Greater black-backed gulls (3+/-)
Rock doves
Dark-eyed juncos - loose flocks foraging in low woodland
Lapland buntings - 2 feeding and resting in short grass by boat ramp, just  
north of main, northerly  parking area.  Flushed them, but they  settled down 
when I froze.  Marvellous close up views.  They kept  together. Low, hunched 
posture and flat heads.  
 
Robin Todd
Ellicott City