I circumnavigated Charles Co. today, LOTS of waterfowl were floating on the
various necks and guts of the Potomac. Smallwood SP on the Mattawoman Creek
was a goldmine of REDHEADS (12), Am. Wigeon, Scaup, Ring-necked, Ruddy,  and
Pied-billed Grebes. The Redheads were pretty close to the shore near the
picnic table at the Art Gallery, north of the marina. I don't have a scope-
there were many more birds beyond my line of sight. 

My wife and I heard and saw a WOODCOCK display in Dameron (St. Mary's)
before heading home this evening. 

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



Location:    Allens Fresh
Observation date:    3/9/08
Notes:    yes, 23 FISP in a hedgerow
Number of species:    22

Canada Goose -  6
Mallard -  2
Great Blue Heron -   1
Turkey Vulture -  1
Bald Eagle -   3
Ring-billed Gull -  X
Forster's Tern -   8
Mourning Dove -   1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 8
American Crow - 5
Tree Swallow -   1
Tufted Titmouse -   3
Eastern Bluebird -    4
European Starling -   15
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) -  4
Eastern Towhee -   3
Field Sparrow -  23 
White-throated Sparrow -  1
Northern Cardinal -  2
Red-winged Blackbird -   5
Common Grackle -  X

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Location:    Cliffton Drive (I got lost and birded the neighborhood)
Observation date:    3/9/08
Number of species:    8

Bald Eagle -   1
American Crow -  3
Tufted Titmouse -   1
Cedar Waxwing -   24
Eastern Towhee -   2
White-throated Sparrow -  16
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - J  1
Northern Cardinal -   1

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Location:    Chapel Point SP
Observation date:    3/9/08
Number of species:    14

Ruddy Duck -  1200
Double-crested Cormorant -   78
Black Vulture -   7
Turkey Vulture -   2
Red-shouldered Hawk -   1
Red-bellied Woodpecker -   2
Blue Jay -    2
American Crow -  5
Tufted Titmouse -    3
Eastern Bluebird -   8
American Robin -   3
Field Sparrow -   3
White-throated Sparrow -   12
Northern Cardinal -   2

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Location:    Smallwood SP
Observation date:    3/9/08
Number of species:    31

Canada Goose -   8
American Wigeon -  32
Mallard -   7
Redhead -    12
Ring-necked Duck - 14
Greater Scaup -    3
Lesser Scaup -  2
Greater/Lesser Scaup -    80
Ruddy Duck -   X
Pied-billed Grebe -     22
Double-crested Cormorant -  12
Great Blue Heron -  2
Black Vulture -   4
Turkey Vulture -    9
Osprey -   2
Bald Eagle -   5
Cooper's Hawk -   1
Red-shouldered Hawk -  1
American Coot -  73
Ring-billed Gull -  3
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker -    1
Blue Jay -  1
American Crow -   7
Fish Crow -   2
Carolina Chickadee -    1
Tufted Titmouse -    2
Northern Mockingbird -  1
European Starling -   3
Northern Cardinal -    4
Red-winged Blackbird -   X