Yesterday Amanda Spears, Bill and I went to Eastern Neck NWR to look for the Western Kingbird. No kingbird, but many duck species and a GRAY CATBIRD. We did not count number of birds per species. Species of note:

Common loon
Double-crested cormorant
Tundra swan
Cackling, canada, snow goose
Gadwall
A. Wigeon
A. black duck
Mallard
N. pintail
Canvasback
Ring-necked duck
Greater and lesser scaup
All scoters
Long-tailed duck
Bufflehead
C. goldeneye
Ruddy duck
Bald eagle
N. harrier
Sharp-shinned, cooper's, red-shoulder, red-tailed hawk
A. kestrel
Red-bellied, downy, hairy woodpecker
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
N. flicker
Horned lark
E. Meadowlark
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Gray catbird
Cedar-waxwing
Yellow-rumped warbler
Savannah, chipping, white-crowned, white-throated, fox, swamp sparrow
E. towhee
Dark-eyed junco
Pine siskins

Karen Harris
Easton, MD