This morning I went early to the McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State Park. Highlights were:

Wood Duck  4, two pairs
Mallard  2, a pair
Great Blue Heron  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Phoebe  8
Winter Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  4
Pine Warbler  1, heard only, singing from the pines on the Howard Co. side
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH  1, singing at the confluence of the North & South Branches of the Patapsco River establishing a territory in all three counties; an early record by three days for Carroll & one day for Baltimore (Howard has five earlier records)
Field Sparrow  1
Fox Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  10

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD