Hello all.

I birded Weinberg Park in Pasadena from 700-1100 this morning and scanned 
some of the coastal areas of the Patapsco this afternoon. 

Bird of the day was found at 5pm in Riviera Beach, a hatch year Black-
crowned Night Heron.  It flew from some phragmites onto a pier and hunched 
over in typical Night-heron style. My latest record for this bird in AA County. It 
was also a very active day for Sparrows, which I quite enjoyed. A First-of-
season Brown Creeper rounded the trip out.

Highlights and seasonal birds: 

Weinberg Park:
Fort Smallwood and Fairview Beach Roads

Great Blue Heron: 2 flyover
Double-crested Cormorant: 12
Bufflehead: 9   6 female, 3 male, seen on Rock Creek
Ring-billed Gull: 35
Great Black-backed Gull: 3  Seen on 'White Rocks'
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 adult
White-breasted Nuthatch: 3
Brown Creeper: 1  Just off of the main trail on a large snag
Hairy Woodpecker: 2  1 m, 1 f
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 2
Hermit Thrush: 6  Good number for this area
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 2
Eastern Towhee: 10  Double-digit Towhees again this year at Weinberg
Song Sparrow: 18  Meadow by overlook, mostly
Swamp Sparrow: 2  East of the pond area
White-throated Sparrow: 55+ Almost everywhere
Slate-coloured Junco: 21  Roadside and clearings

Riviera Beach, Pasadena, MD:

Common Loon: 4  Scoped out near the shipping channel
Double-crested Cormorant: 6
Great Blue Heron: 2
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: 1  hatch year bird
Mallard: 26
Bufflehead: 10
Ring-billed Gull: 180+
Great Black-backed Gull: 1


Matt Grey
Pasadena, MD