A typical winter day: Clear & cold (35-38 deg.F), w/some wind (7-12mph). I made a quick
check on waterfowl along Loch Raven Drive before parking at old Peerce's restaurant. A
3 1/2 hr. walk encompassing the immediate cove area, the open field before entering the woods
back of the active firing range and, finally, the open area surrounding the Gun Club entry road before
a return to Peerce's, via the pine plantation just opposite. Lots of walking, 32 spp. of birds.

Canada Goose~50
Mallard--6
GADWALL--3
A Wigeon-4
RN Duck~30
BUFFLEHEAD--3
HOODED MERG--3
C Merganser--1 (f)
RT HAWK--1
RB Gull~30
BARRED OWL--1 (pine plantation opp. Peerce's)
BELTED KINGFISHER--1 (heard only)
RB W'pkr--2
HAIRY W'PKR--1
Downy W'pkr--1
Blue Jay--1
A Crow--7
C C'dee~5
T Tit~3
WB Nuthatch--1
C. Wren--2
N Mock'bird--3
A Robin--1 (overhead)
HERMIT THRUSH--1
E BLUEBIRD~5
N Cardinal~25
E TOWHEE--3
DE JUNCO~100 (large flock, moving about the trees; unusual)
CHIPPING SPARROW
              or
TREE SPARROW ?---1 (no "tie tack"; a very brief, distant look)
FOX SPARROW--1 "pished" into view
Song Sparrow~5

Also: a no. of WT Deer and a splendid, bushy-tailed RED FOX.

Paul Noell
Balto. MD