I had a few minutes to birdwatch when I got home, and was rewarded with a 
postcard moment.  Unfortunately I had no camera, so I won't have a postcard 
to show for it!  I saw 47 species from 6:20-7:05.  Visibility was ideal, but bird 
song/calls were fairly quiet, probably due to cold weather with temps dropping 
quickly right before evening.

Out in the middle of the open water part of Jug Bay there was a large log 
stuck in the mud in shallow water, and sitting on it a foot or two apart (each) 
were six very large birds - all immature eagles!  It was quite a site, even for 
here.  They appeared to be simply resting.  I watched them from 6:25-36 PM, 
during which their only activity was from one of them that was preening.  I 
also saw one adult across the river and they did not react to it at all.

Also seen:

Horned Grebe - 1; a beauty that's been here 4-5 days now
P-billed Grebe - 3 (1 single; plus a pair courting)
DC Cormorant - 1
GB Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 2
GW Teal - 12
Osprey - Wow! (did not count; every platform is occupied)
N Harrier - 1
A Kestrel - 1
L Yellowlegs - 4
G Yellowlegs - 11
Yellowlegs sp. - ~ 40, too distant to tell
W Snipe - 3
Laughing Gull - ~ 120
RB Gull - ~150
Herring Gull - 6
Forster's Tern - 2
Caspian Tern - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
RB Woodpecker - 2 (at feeder)
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (at feeder)
N Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 3
Am. Crow - 6
Fish Crow - 13
Tree Swallow - 50+
Tufted Titmouse - 3 (at feeder)
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 (at feeder)
Carolina Wren - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 3
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 4 (at feeder)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Yellow Palm Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 3 (at feeder)
Song Sparrow - 1 (at feeder)
White-throated Sparrow - 19 (at feeder)
Dark-eyed (S-c) Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 8 (at feeder)
Red-winged Blackbird - 18 (at feeder)
Common Grackle - 4 (at feeder)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 12 (at feeder)
House Finch - 2 (at feeder)

Cheers-
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD