Hello all.

I birded both yesterday evening and this morning and I must say that the 
cloud cover is a nice break (for this birder, anyway). I'll be at work at 
Fort Smallwood most of the weekend...hoping for some 'storm birds' even 
this far up the bay!

Had some good shorebirds yesterday at Compass Pointe and a lot of good 
passerines today at Lake Shore Athletic Center. 

Totals:

Wednesday evening:
Compass Pointe Golf Course (North Course), Pasadena:

Great Blue Heron: 1
Little Blue Heron: 2
Cattle Egret: 3
Green Heron: 2
Canada Goose: 30+
Mallard: 12
Red-tailed Hawk: 2 Adults
Cooper's Hawk: 1  Took a low pass over the shorebirds
Killdeer: 14
Greater Yellowlegs: 3
Lesser Yellowlegs: 11
Spotted Sandpiper: 3
Solitary Sandpiper: 1
Semiplamated Sandpiper: 16  I was looking for a Western in this bunch!
Least Sandpiper: 15
Ring-billed Gull: 1 flyover
Mourning Dove: 12
Great Horned Owl: 1  At dusk by the trimline by Water Oak Point Road
Chimney Swift: 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 2
Northern Flicker: 1
Downy Woodpecker: 3
Eastern Kingbird: 2
American Crow: 4
Blue Jay: 3
Tree Swallow: 1
Carolina Chickadee: 4
Tufted Titmouse: 2
White-breasted Nuthatch: 2
Carolina Wren: 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1
American Robin: 4
Gray Catbird: 3
European Starling: 200+  in one flock, hanging around
Common Yellowthroat: 3
Yellow-breasted Chat: 2
Northern Cardinal: 10
Indigo Bunting: 3
Blue Grosbeak: 2
Common Grackle: 400+ in several flocks
Red-winged Blackbird: 1
House Finch: 6
American Goldfinch: 5

Thursday Morning
Lake Shore Athletic Complex, Pasadena:

Turkey Vulture: 2
Black Vulture: 1
Red-tailed Hawk: 2  One adult, one immature
Mourning Dove: 3
Red-belllied Woodpecker: 3
Downy Woodpecker: 2
Great-crested Flycatcher: 1
Eastern Kingbird: 6
Eastern Phoebe: 2
Eastern Wood-pewee: 1
Acadian Flycatcher: 2 migrants
'Traill's' Flycatcher: 1 migrant
White-eyed Vireo: 2
Red-eyed Vireo: 3
American Crow: 2
Fish Crow: 6
Blue Jay: 6
Purple Martin: 9
Barn Swallow: 5
Carolina Chickadee: 8
Tufted Titmouse: 3
Carolina Wren: 3
House Wren: 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 2
American Robin: 6
Eastern Bluebird: 43  In one of the disused soccer fields
Gray Catbird: 3
European Starling: 300+  In two flocks
Yellow Warbler: 1  migrant
American Redstart: 1 migrant
Common Yellowthroat: 2
Eastern Towhee: 3
Song Sparrow: 2
Field Sparrow: 6  Always fun to see
Chipping Sparrow: 8
Northern Cardinal: 12
Indigo Bunting: 2
Brown-headed Cowbird: 200+ 
House Finch: 9
American Goldfinch: 5

Best to everyone.

Matt Grey
Pasadena