I visited Masonville Cove in Baltimore City from about 8-11 AM and found the following birds:
Canada Goose 48
Mallard 11
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 1 female
Common Goldeneye 1 female
Red-breasted Merganser 1 female
Pheasant 1 heard
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 adult
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 2
BALD EAGLE 2 adults sitting together, no nest seen
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Feral Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 60 migrating
Fish Crow 7
Tree Swallow 2
Rough-winged Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 15
Carolina Wren 4 heard
House Wren 2 heard
Gnatcatcher 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Robin 4
Catbird 8
Mockingbird 3
Starling 21
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 23
Scarlet Tanager 1 heard
Towhee 1 male
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 6
Cowbird 1 female
Orchard Oriole 2 males
House Finch 2 males
Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 1 male
Part of this site is being developed as an expansion of the Fairfield auto terminal. Part will be preserved as a nature sanctuary. Access is with the permission of the Maryland Port Administration.
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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