Just to piggyback on Matt's report, I've heard both a Common Loon and a 
Barred Owl calling from Riviera Beach, across Rock Creek from Ft. 
Smallwood... not what you'd expect to hear in a residential community around 
here...

-- Scott Michaud
Riviera Beach, MD

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From: Matthew Grey <>
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Ft. Smallwood: 12/11/06
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:34:14 -0500

Hello all.

Lunchtime birding at Ft. Smallwood yielded good waterfowl numbers:

Mallard: 32 Along the Patapsco shore
Lesser Scaup: c. 2200  All along the Patapsco and Rock Creek
Greater Scaup: 110 Picked out in two groups
Bufflehead: 68
Common Goldeneye: 5  Closer to the beach at Weinberg
Long-tailed Duck: 18  Mostly around 'White Rocks'

Also:

Pied-billed Grebe: 1  Pond area
Double-crested Cormorant: 19 'White Rocks'
Great Blue Heron: 2 Pond area

Best to everyone,

Matt Grey
Pasadena

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