Lisa and I found ourselves without family obligations Sunday morning, so we 
decided to bird our favorite spots in our favorite county to celebrate the 
Holiday.

   Passerine migrants hadn't quite yet arrived yet, and the waterfowl were 
starting to depart, but still we did quite nicely:


  Home (Saltworks on the Severn community):

  WB Nuthatch
  Am Goldfinch
  Downy Woodpecker
  Tufted Titmouse
  American Robin
  Dark-eyed Junco

  Weems Creek Bridge:

  Osprey

  Naval Academy Bridge:

  GB Heron flyover
  DC Cormorant

  Greenbury Point:

  Osprey (3)
  Northern Mockingbird (4)
  House Finch (3-4)
  White-Crowned Sparrow (2, FOY)
  Chipping Sparrow
  Song Sparrow
  Sparrow, sp. (Savannah?)
  Field Sparrow
  Blue Jay
  Turkey Vulture
  Northern Cardinal
  RW Blackbird
  Eastern Towhee, heard
  Hairy Woodpecker
  American Crow
  Common Grackle
  Northern Flicker
  Carolina Chickadee (2)
  Bufflehead (8, Marina side)
  Mallard (2, Marina side)
  Horned Grebe (Marina side)
  Canada Goose

  US Naval Academy seawall:

   RB Gull
   DC Cormorant

  Eastport:

  Mourning Dove
  Black Vulture

  Route 100 & Fort Smallwood Road:

  European Starling (huge flock)
  Rock Pigeon
  American Kestrel

  Fort Smallwood Park - we joined Sue R. at the hawk watch for about an hour:

  Killdeer
  Greater Scaup
  Horned Grebe, (8+)
  Bonaparte's Gull (8, new AA Cty bird)
  Red-Tailed Hawk
  Bald Eagle (2)
  Osprey (3+)
  Mute Swan (2)
  Ca Wren, heard
  Gadwall (pair, new AA Cty bird)
  
  Boyd Pond:

  Hooded Merg (1m, 3f)

  Back Home:

  Brown Creeper


  TOTAL SPECIES (As of 3:45pm):  44

   Happy Easter to all!
Warren & Lisa Strobel
Annapolis, MD
www.birdcouple.com