Hi Everyone,

I decided to spend another couple of hours at Fort Smallwood this afternoon, and I was joined by Matt Grey for part of the time. Our best birds were a RICHARDSON'S GOOSE among the 200+ Canada Geese and a single PINE SISKIN feeding with goldfinches in the Sweet Gum trees south of the pond. A pair of BUFFLEHEAD were feeding beside the southwest jetty, the first of the season here. Here's the full list:

RICHARDSON'S CACKLING GOOSE--1
Canada Goose--216
Mallard--4
Bufflehead--2; drake and a hen, first of the season here
Hooded Merganser--1 drake
Double-crested Cormorant--100
Great Blue Heron--3
Ring-billed Gull--24
Herring Gull (American)--6
Great Black-backed Gull--3
gull sp.--20
Forster's Tern--6
Mourning Dove--2
Red-bellied Woodpecker--3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker--3
Downy Woodpecker--2
Hairy Woodpecker--1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--1
Blue Jay--1
Carolina Chickadee--3
Tufted Titmouse--2
White-breasted Nuthatch--1
Carolina Wren--3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--3
Eastern Bluebird--10
American Robin--4
Northern Mockingbird--3
European Starling--8
Palm Warbler (Yellow)--1
Eastern Towhee--3
Chipping Sparrow--1
Song Sparrow--28
Swamp Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--18
Northern Cardinal--1
Red-winged Blackbird--20
House Finch--3
PINE SISKIN--1; feeding, calling in the treetops south of the pond
American Goldfinch--14

Good birding!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com