This morning I walked the woodland trails at Piney Run Park and in the afternoon I looked at the lake. Marty Miller was there in the afternoon watching a small flight of hawks. He had seen one Merlin before I arrived. My list for the day included:

Greylag Goose  4, one all white, two mostly white, one mostly gray, not to be mistaken for Snow Geese
Canada Goose  625
Baldpate  6
Black Duck  18
Mallard  165
Black Duck X Mallard  1 male
Green-winged Teal  4
Ring-necked Duck  8
Ruddy Duck  9
Pied-billed Grebe  13
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  3, two adults & one immature
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1 adult
Kestrel  1
Coot  78
Killdeer  11
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Ring-billed Gull  10
Kingfisher  3
Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2, heard only
Brown Creeper  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Catbird  1, heard only
Brown Thrasher  1
Myrtle Warbler  25
Western Palm Warbler  1
Towhee  3
Song Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  15

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD