Hello all.

Despite threatening weather, a total of eight of us walked Fort Smallwood 
this morning. The winds on the penninsula hurt the birding, but quite a few 
notable species showed themselves anyway.

Totals:

Double-created Cormorant: 20+  Flyover and on the Patapsco
Great Blue Heron: 2
Little Blue Heron: 1
Snowy Egret: 2   Getting tossed in the wind gusts
Cattle Egret: 1 
Black-crowned Night Heron: 1
Mute Swan: 1 adult, 3 young
Canada Goose: 4
Mallard: 8
Ring-billed Gull: 1
Herring Gull: 15+
Least Tern: 2  Pond area
Great Black-backed Gull: 1   Very close flyover
Bald Eagle: 1  2nd year bird harrassing an Osprey
Osprey: 6
Killdeer: 2
American Crow: 5
Fish Crow: 2
Blue Jay: 10+
Chimney Swift: 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 2
Northern Flicker: 4
Downy Woodpecker: 1
Hairy Woodpecker: 1
European Starling: 20+
Carolina Wren: 2
Eastern Bluebird: 1 male
American Robin: 8
Wood Thrush: 1
Northern Mockingbird: 6
Brown Thrasher: 4  Three seen at once, two of which were seen copulating
Mourning Dove: 7
Rock Pigeon: 10
Carolina Chickadee: 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 2
White-eyed Vireo: 2
Red-eyed Vireo: 2
Barn Swallow: 20+
N. Rough-winged Swallow: 2  On nest in front wall of the Artillery Battery
Eastern Phoebe: 2
Eastern Kingbird: 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee: 2
Acadian Flycatcher: 1
Empid. sp.: 1  Almost certainly a "Traill's" species, but lighting and 
angle problems as well as no vocalization prevented identification
Common Yellowthroat: 6
Blackpoll Warbler: 1 or 2 heard
Eastern Towhee: 2
Chipping Sparrow: 2
Song Sparrow: 5
Northern Cardinal: 10
Indigo Bunting: 1 male
Red-winged Blackbird: 8
Common Grackle: 12+
Brown-headed Cowbird: 8
Baltimore Oriole: 4
Orchard Oriole: 2
House Sparrow: 1

Best to everyone,

Matt Grey
Pasadena