This morning at McKeldin Area, Patapsco Valley SP:
Mallard  2
Osprey  2
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Phoebe  2
Rough-winged Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  1
Brown Creeper  1 heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5, a sign of the late winter to have this many this late
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  10
Gnatcatcher  3
Myrtle Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  1 male
Yellow Palm Warbler  2
Lousiana Waterthrush  8
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  20

   In the afternoon at Piney Run Park:
Canada Goose  20
Mallard  25
Green-winged Teal  10
Ring-necked Duck  3
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER  1 male, flew up and down the lake as boats approached it
Bufflehead  17
Common Merganser  8 females
Red-breasted Merganser  2 females
Ruddy Duck  31
Common Loon  11, one immature and others in breeding plumage
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Horned Grebe  3
DC Cormorant  60, pushed around a lot by the boats on the lake
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  1
MOORHEN  1 adult in the marsh, third county record
Coot  16
Greater Yellowlegs  1, my first of the spring
Bonaparte's Gull  24
Ring-billed Gull  9 immatures
Caspian Tern  5
Kingfisher  2
Purple Martin  1 male
Tree Swallow  100
Cliff Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1 heard
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1 heard

   At home at lunchtime:  Junco  6

   Liberty Lake at Oakland Road this evening (BC = Baltimore County only):
Canada Goose  12
Lesser Scaup  9, BC
Bufflehead  1 male, BC
Common Merganser  3, a pair + another male, BC
Red-breasted Merganser  5 females
RED-THROATED LOON  1, non-breeding plumage
Common Loon  6, BC
Pied-billed Grebe  4
Horned Grebe  3, BC
RED-NECKED GREBE  1, breeding plumage
DC Cormorant  225, the island on which they roost has turned white
Great Blue Heron  1 flew over
Bald Eagle  2 immatures, perched for a while then flew up the lake
Bonaparte's Gull  6, BC
Ring-billed Gull  1 immature
Fish Crow  20, a flock flying over
Pine Warbler  1 heard singing, Carroll Co. only

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD