I visited Piney Run Park this morning. I did not relocate Bob Ringler's Red-breasted Merganser but found two male Wood Ducks. Below is my complete list. 





Location:     Piney Run Park 
Observation date:     12/3/08 
Number of species:     40 

Graylag Goose (Domestic type)     1 
Canada Goose     300 
Wood Duck     2 
Gadwall     3 
American Wigeon     50 
American Black Duck     6 
Mallard     35 
Green-winged Teal     1 
Canvasback     5 
Ring-necked Duck     75 
Bufflehead     45 
Hooded Merganser     100 
Ruddy Duck     40 
Pied-billed Grebe     20 
Great Blue Heron     3 
Cooper's Hawk     1 
Red-tailed Hawk     1 (eating a Gray Squirrel) 
American Coot     75 
Ring-billed Gull     18 
Belted Kingfisher     2 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1 
Downy Woodpecker     1 
Hairy Woodpecker     1 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1 
Pileated Woodpecker     1 
Blue Jay     2 
American Crow     6 
Carolina Chickadee     2 
Tufted Titmouse     6 
White-breasted Nuthatch     4 
Brown Creeper     1 
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1 
Eastern Bluebird     2 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     4 
Song Sparrow     2 
White-throated Sparrow     4 
Dark-eyed Junco     4 
Northern Cardinal     6 
American Goldfinch     2 






Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD