This morning as I was about to open the back door to fling seed for my ground 
feeders (this week a Towhee has joined them), a Merlin cruised the yard --and 
birdfeeder--again. I've seen it three times now, and would probably see it 
more if I were home more. The first time (in December) it perched in a nearby 
tree for 15 minutes consuming a bird. It made for a really nice addition to the 
yard bird list! Any chance this could be the same bird that people have been 
reporting at Lake Roland? I'm in Mt. Washington, not too far from Lake Roland 
as birds fly. Also, there was a pair of Hooded Mergansers in the Jones Falls by 
the Mt. Washington Starbucks last week, downriver from Lake Roland. 

Claudia