Hello all.

A really good mix of birds today in northern Anne Arundel.  Highlights included 
5 Common Loons and several Long-tailed Ducks along with lots of finches and 
sparrows. While out during the past few weeks, I've been waiting for that first 
AA County Cave Swallow...I guess I'll just keep looking! 

By the way, there was a loose flock of Northern Cardinals at Compass Pointe 
today. The 'flock' consists of 16 birds that hang out by the large water trap at 
holes 6 and 7. They've been there for a few weeks and are fun to watch. 

Highlights:

Venice of the Bay (pond area), Pasadena:

Mallard: 20
Hooded Merganser: 6
Ring-billed Gull: 15+
Great Black-backed Gull: 2

Bayside Beach ('Geddes' pond and Chesapeake Bay) Pasadena:

Common Loon: 5  on the bay
Double-crested Cormorant: 12
Mallard: 2 pond
Hooded Merganser: 4
Bufflehead: 10+
Lesser Scaup: 6
Ring-billed Gull: 16
Herring Gull: 4
Great Black-backed Gull: 2

Compass Pointe (North Course) Pasadena:

Great Blue Heron: 1 large water trap
Canada Goose: 64
Mallard: 2
Bufflehead: 3  large water trap
Turkey Vulture: 4
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 adult
Cooper's Hawk: 1 flyover
Fish Crow: 3
Cedar Waxwing: 20+
Carolina Chickadee: 8
Tufted Titmouse: 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1  one has remained
White-breasted Nuthatch: 2
Eastern Bluebird: 8
American Robin: 12
Hermit Thrush: 1 heard and seen inside trimline at far north end
Eastern Towhee: 4
Song Sparrow: 11  
Swamp Sparrow: 2  brush at large water trap
Field Sparrow: 3  nice looks at them 
White-throated Sparrow: 30
Dark-eyed Junco: 24
Northern Cardinal: 26  Including the loose flock of 16
Red-winged Blackbird: 20
Common Grackle: 80+  flyover
American Goldfinch: 35+
House Finch: 16
Purple Finch: 3  Flew by and landed in gum trees

Riviera Beach (Patapsco River), Pasadena: (evening):

Great Blue Heron: 1 pond
Double-crested Cormorant: 110+ on 'White Rocks"
Mallard: 15
Bufflehead: 55
Lesser Scaup: 8 mixed with the Bufflehead
Long-tailed Duck: 22
Ring-billed Gull: 300+ Floating in the shallows and flying all over the place
Herring Gull: 10
Great Black-backed Gull: 30  Many near 'White Rocks'


It was a good outing.

Matt Grey
Pasadena