Yesterday, 1/27, at 9 am  it was a chilly 27 degrees but when I finished 
birding at noon it was a balmy 45 degrees. It seemed that there were 
greater numbers of waterfowl on the reservoir than I have seen this 
entire season. Maybe the northern lakes have finally frozen.. Birds and 
numbers  are listed below.

Canada Goose 133
Gadwall 9
Amer. Wigeon 95
Amer. Black Duck 3
Mallard10
Redhead 16
Ring-necked Duck 75
Bufflehead 29
Hooded Merganser 40
Common Merganser 87
Red-breasted Merganser 1(male)
Pied-billed Grebe 64
Horned Grebe 7
Gt. Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 2 ( 1 adult and 1 immature)
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Amer. Coot 20
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 4
Amer. Crow 12
Fish Crow 5
Crow Sp. 15
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 12
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 60
Dark-eyed Junco 35
Northern Cardinal 11

Debbie Terry

Baltimore Co. - Timonium