Hi!

I canoed a couple of miles around Southwest Area Park this afternoon. It was
very windy when I set out, and immediately noticed a PEREGRINE FALCON
trucking past overhead. There were very few waterfowl on the river, and it
was surprisingly quiet in the woods along the shore. 

Patapsco Pond #10 still holds a nice assortment of ducks- NORTHERN SHOVELER,
GADWALL, COMMON and Hooded Mergansers were all present. Two BALD EAGLES were
on the nest in the back of the pond. Stan Arnold's directions to that pond
can be found here: http://mysite.verizon.net/cakarbutus/patapsco_ponds.htm

Matt Tillett
Linthicum, MD
www.flickr.com/photos/mattyfioner

Location:    Southwest Area Park
Observation date:    3/3/08
Notes:    by canoe
Number of species:    24

Canada Goose - 23
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Turkey Vulture - 7
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 80
Herring Gull - 25
Mourning Dove - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
American Crow - 35
Fish Crow - 12
crow sp. - Corvus sp.    20
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - X
Song Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 14
blackbird sp. - Icterinae sp.    X

Location:    Patapsco Pond #10
Observation date:    3/3/08
Number of species:    18

Canada Goose - 78
Gadwall - 2
Mallard - 4
Northern Shoveler - 16
Hooded Merganser -8
Common Merganser -  4
Great Blue Heron - 1
Bald Eagle - 2
Mourning Dove - 4
Downy Woodpecker -  1
crow sp. - Corvus sp.    X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling -  400
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 25
Common Grackle - X