Hello all.

We had three first-of-season species today at Fort Smallwood Park during 
some before-work birding:

HOODED MERGANSER: 2 males on the pond
LESSER SCAUP: 7  on the Patapsco River
PURPLE FINCH: 1 male seen flying in and identified in brush on the edge of 
Rock Creek. 

Also:

-Cormorant and Gull numbers continue to be good and a few Caspian Terns 
are still hanging around.
-Sparrows (Song, Swamp, White-throated and Junco) are making a great 
showing so far.

Matt Grey
Pasadena