I took my dog for an extensive walk today at Greenbury Point Nature
Center just North of Annapolis proper.  My Golden Retriever, Oiseau,
is a fine birder.  He enjoys deer as well.  In any case, he needed
attention every now and then, so my counts are probably less than what
was actually in the field today.

Number of species:     34

Canada Goose     25
Mallard     3
Canvasback     6
Bufflehead     4
Hooded Merganser     4
Ruddy Duck     239
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1  (Calling, hunting and giving great looks
out on the point.)
Red-tailed Hawk     1 (Continually pestered by two Mockingbirds.)
American Kestrel     1 (Hunting in the soon-to-be removed fields and
mulching facility.  In place of this open space will be athletic
fields.)
Herring Gull     3
Great Black-backed Gull     2
Rock Pigeon     4
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     1
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     7
Carolina Chickadee     1
Carolina Wren     2
Eastern Bluebird     8
American Robin     4
Northern Mockingbird     18
European Starling     13
Cedar Waxwing     17
Chipping Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     18
White-crowned Sparrow     2  (Such a fine looking bird!)
Northern Cardinal     8
Red-winged Blackbird     12
Common Grackle     25
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

On a side note: I found a nest from the summer and what appears to be
the remains of a Goldfinch that didn't make it too far from said nest.
 I'm going to do some research on whether or not this nest was made by
this late Goldfinch, or was it just coincidence?  More on the story
will be posted soon at my blog: http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/

Good Birding,

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD