I made a few brief stops at Loch Raven reservoir this evening.  Best 
bird was a lone female Red-breasted merganser at the #1 bridge (the big 
one).  After watching it for a short while a female common merganser 
obliged by landing directly next to it.  Other waterfowl were in short 
supply

 @ #1 bridge
10 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Ring-necked Duck
1 Bufflehead
15 Common Mergansers
3 Hooded Merganser
2 Pileated Woodpecker

@ Skeet club
2 Horned Grebe
20 Pied-billed Grebe
30 American Wigeon
9 Gadwall
10 Ring-necked Duck
1 Bufflehead
10 Hooded Merganser
4 Common Merganser
Canada Geese
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

@ Loch Raven Drive
6 Pied-billed Grebe
15 American Wigeon
45 Ring-necked Duck
1 Bufflehead
Canada Geese

Cheers,
Steve Collins
Towson, MD