I went out for about two hours late this morning in search of
something interesting, or maybe something elusive... like a NORTHERN
SHRIKE. I didn't see one. I'll keep on searching for this life bird.
Luckily, it was quite a bird-filled Point out there today.

Location:     Greenbury Point Nature Center
Observation date:     2/23/08
Number of species:     39

Canada Goose     19
Mallard     2
Greater/Lesser Scaup     1
Bufflehead     6 (photos on the blog coming soon.  One lone Buffle
floating with a can of Budweiser, the King of Empty Beer Cans, with
one eye on the sky.)
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     2
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Cooper's Hawk     1 (2 seen, more than likely the same bird)
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
American Woodcock     1 (photos on the blog coming soon)
Ring-billed Gull     2
Herring Gull     2
Mourning Dove     2
Eastern Screech-Owl     1 (heard while on the paved part of the trail)
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     4
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     6
Carolina Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     10
Winter Wren     1
American Robin     550+  (the trees were literally drippin' with 'em)
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     12
Brown Thrasher     2  (photos on the blog coming soon)
European Starling     32
Cedar Waxwing     175+  (I scanned the flocks looking for BOHEMIAN.
Why not? The REDPOLLS have arrived.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
Field Sparrow     4 (photos on the blog coming soon)
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     24
White-crowned Sparrow     2 (photos on the blog coming soon)
Dark-eyed Junco     3
Northern Cardinal     14
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Common Grackle     4
House Finch     4

On the way home, I quickly dropped by the base of the Naval Academy
Bridge over the Severn River (on the Arnold side) to the tiny State
Park known as Jonas Green.  While I was there, I dodged traffic in
order to quickly scan the little pond / marsh across the street from
the Severn Inn.

Location:     Jonas Green State Park
Number of species:     21

Canada Goose     24
Mallard     16
Bufflehead     10
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     3
Ring-billed Gull     2
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     2
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     1
Carolina Wren     1
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin     1
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Common Grackle     2
House Finch     4
House Sparrow     5

Location:    Meanwhile, back at the HOME in West Annapolis
Notes:     One HOUSE FINCH with eye disease.
Number of species:     23

Turkey Vulture     2
Cooper's Hawk     1
Ring-billed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     4
Downy Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     5
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     1
American Robin     13
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     46
Cedar Waxwing     130+ (regularly feeding on the giant Junipers in the
back yard)
Song Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     2
Dark-eyed Junco     3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     2
Northern Cardinal     6
Common Grackle     2
House Finch     2
House Sparrow     5

These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good Birding,

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD
http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/