Yesterday I visited Piney Run Park in the afternoon. The lake is at least three quarters frozen over but most of the waterfowl have remained.

Canada Goose  300
Greylag Goose  4, white to pale gray. A passing dog-walker asked me if they were Snow Geese.
Gadwall  20
Baldpate  50
Black Duck  10
Mallard  200
Canvasback  8
Ring-necked Duck  50
Lesser Scaup  2
Bufflehead  20
Goldeneye  2
Hooded Merganser  230, a new high count as birds move out of the coves when they freeze
Common Merganser  50
Ruddy Duck  25
Pied-billed Grebe  20
Great Blue Heron  3
Bald Eagle  1 adult
Coot  250
Ring-billed Gull  40
Barred Owl  1, heard only on the north side of the lake
Kingfisher  1

   In the evening I visited Liberty Lake at Oakland Road where the water is completely open.

Canada Goose  85
Mallard  25
Redhead  1 male
Bufflehead  1 male, Baltimore only
Hooded Merganser  10
Common Merganser  45
Common Loon  1, Carroll only
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Ring-billed Gull  800
Herring Gull  2, Baltimore only

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Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD