Waterfowl numbers continue to decline at Piney Run Park as many birds have departed and few have arrived to replace them:

Canada Goose  19
Black Duck  7
Mallard  45
Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  25, first seen by Dave Harvey on Tuesday
Canvasback  4
Ring-necked Duck  17
Greater Scaup  1, possibly 2
Bufflehead  28
Hooded Merganser  4
Common Merganser  9
Ruddy Duck  33
Pied-billed Grebe  11
Horned Grebe  3
DC Cormorant  2, first I have seen here since January
Great Blue Heron  1
Coot  23
Ring-billed Gull  9
Kingfisher  1, heard only
Phoebe  1, heard only

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Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD