Hello all.

Yesterday, Winger West, Marcy Stutzman, Rebecca Kolberg and I surveyed the 
Swan Creek dredge containment facility off of Kembo road in Pasadena.  
Despite the winds, many notable species emerged during our 5 hour walk. 
Entry to the facility is by permission only, please email me off-list for 
details.

Totals:

Double-crested Cormorant: 5 (only 5!)
Great Blue Heron: 8
Great Egret: 4
LITTLE BLUE HERON: 8  6 adult, 2 calico 1st year birds
Snowy Egret: 3
Cattle Egret: 4
Green Heron: 2
Black-crowned Night Heron: 1
GLOSSY IBIS: 2
Mute Swan: 2
Canada Goose: 40+
Mallard: 7
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 1  female near a jetty on the Patapsco.
Turkey Vulture: 7
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 local adult
Red-shouldered Hawk: 2
Osprey: 7
Ring-billed Gull: 2
Herring Gull: 15+
Great Black-backed Gull: 3
Laughing Gull: 2
LEAST TERN: 5
Killdeer: 4
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: 1  In among the Spotted's
Lesser Yellowlegs: 1
Solitary Sandpiper: 2
Spotted Sandpiper: 25+
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 10+
WESTERN SANDPIPER: 1  Subtle differences compared to the other peeps
Least Sandpiper: 3
American Crow: 3
Fish Crow: 1
Blue Jay: 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1
Chimney Swift: 20+
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 11
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 2
Northern Flicker: 2
Downy Woodpecker: 1
White-breasted Nuthatch: 2
American Robin: 4
Eastern Bluebird: 1
Wood Thrush: 3
VEERY: 2
Northern Mockingbird: 2
Gray Catbird: 7
Brown Thrasher: 1
Mourning Dove: 2
Rock Pigeon: 8
Red-Eyed Vireo: 6
White-eyed Vireo: 6
European Starling: 5
Carolina Chickadee: 6
Tufted Titmouse: 2
Cedar Waxwing: 25+
Carolina Wren: 8
House Wren: 1
Tree Swallow: 20+
Barn Swallow: 25+
N. Rough-winged Swallow: 15+
Purple Martin: 8+
Great-crested Flycatcher: 2
Eastern Kingbird: 7
Eastern Phoebe: 1
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 3
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER: 1
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 1  Great bird to see/hear
Empid sp.: 1
Common Yellowthroat: 12
Yellow Warbler: 3
Northern Parula: 4
American Redstart: 4
Black-and-white Warbler: 2
WILSON'S WARBLER: 1  Found along trail to wetland, poss. 2nd bird found 
later
Magnolia Warbler: 1
Ovenbird: 1
Song Sparrow: 2
White-throated Sparrow: 3  Still hanging around
Eastern Towhee: 3
Blue Grosbeak: 1
Indigo Bunting: 7
Northern Cardinal: 8
Scarlet Tanager: 1
Brown-headed Cowbird: 2
Red-winged Blackbird: 25+
Common Grackle: 20+
Baltimore Oriole: 3
Orchard Oriole: 5
American Goldfinch: 4
House Finch: 1

Best to everyone.

Matt Grey