Hello all. 

I birded Weinberg Park, Venice on the Bay and Riviera Beach's access areas 
today and found some notable species including a few good groups of 
migrants.  The flocks of Forster's Terns moving past Riviera Beach and the 
Merlin zooming over my house were only two highlights. 

Highlights:

Yard, Sunset Beach, Pasadena:

Turkey Vulture: 2
MERLIN: 1

Weinberg Park:

Great Blue Heron: 1
Double-crested Cormorant: 15 'White Rocks'
Cnada Goose: 10
Mute Swan: 1  
Mallard: 2
BUFFLEHEAD: 12  Rock Creek
LESSER SCAUP: 9 Patapsco River
RUDDY DUCK: 54 Rock Creek
Turkey Vulture: 1
Bald Eagle: 1 adult
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1 
Ring-billed Gull: 30+
Great Black-backed Gull: 30+  Mostly on 'White Rocks'
FORSTER'S TERN: 3   Flying into Rock Creek
Hairy Woodpecker: 2  one male, one female
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1  Working on a sycamore
Tree Swallow: 1  Flyby over Rock Creek
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
HERMIT THRUSH: 4  Same place as the group of 6 last week
Cedar Waxwing: 10+
Myrtle Warbler: 2
Eastern Towhee: 6
Song Sparrow: 5
White-throated Sparrow: 23
Dark-eyed Junco: 8

'Venice on the Bay' community pond, Pasadena:

Great Blue Heron: 1
Mallard: 32
RUDDY DUCK: 18
Ring-billed Gull: 15
Great Black-backed Gull: 4
White-throated Sparrow: 7

Riviera Beach, Pasadena (Patapsco River Beach and Rock Creek overlook):

Great Blue Heron: 1
Double-crested Cormorant: 64  
Mallard: 72
Ring-billed Gull: 35+
Great Black-backed Gull: 18
FORSTER'S TERN: 23  Another flock heading west toward the Key Bridge
Ruby-crowned Kinglet:  3  All in a single thicket
Song Sparrow: 3
Swamp Sparrow: 1
White-throated Sparrow: 6

Matt Grey
Pasadena