Catching up on a few days of local birding beginning with Monday.

1/7/08
Cranberry Reservoir:
Canada Goose  400
Black Duck  10
Mallard  20
Pintail  2, a pair
Ring-necked Duck  10
Goldeneye  1 female
Hooded Merganser  6
Ruddy Duck  1
Ring-billed Gull  60

Pine Valley Park:
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Flicker  3
Myrtle Warbler  1
Junco  30

Hanover Watershed:
Sapsucker  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2, heard only
Hermit Thrush  1, heard only

1/8/08
Freedom Park:
Black Vulture  4
Turkey Vulture  10
Pileated Woodpecker  2
PHOEBE  1
Tree Sparrow  3, my first of the winter
Field Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow  5
FOX SPARROW  2, rarely seen here in mid winter
White-throated Sparrow  10

Liberty Lake - Oakland Road in the evening
Canada Goose  60
Black Duck  5, Baltimore only
Mallard  10
Hooded Merganser  10
Common Merganser  140, largest flock so far this winter
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Turkey Vulture  9, Baltimore only
Red-tailed Hawk  1, Baltimore only
Ring-billed Gull  900
Herring Gull  3, Baltimore only
Sapsucker  1, Carroll only
American Crow  1,030 heading toward Baltimore to roost

1/9/08
Piney Run Park, with Barbara Gearhart. Lake is 95% open now, waterfowl greatly dispersed.
Canada Goose  100
Tundra Swan  3
Gadwall  20
Baldpate  20
Black Duck  5
Mallard  50
Canvasback  12
Ring-necked Duck  15
Lesser Scaup  1
Bufflehead  20
Hooded Merganser  50
Common Merganser  10
Ruddy Duck  40
Pied-billed Grebe  5
Great Blue Heron  2
Bald Eagle  1 adult
Coot  200
Ring-billed Gull  20
Brown Creeper  2
Myrtle Warbler  2
Swamp Sparrow  2, heard only

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD