Today I spent a couple of hours in the rain looking for ducks at Centennial Lake in Howard County and Piney Run Park in Carroll County. The most unusual bird was a flyover Northern Shoveler at Centennial Lake. 


Location:     Centennial Lake 
Observation date:     12/16/08 
Number of species:     24 

Canada Goose     75 
Mallard     5 
Northern Shoveler     1 (flyover) 
Canvasback     1 
Ring-necked Duck     8 
Bufflehead     3 
Hooded Merganser     1 
Ruddy Duck     13 
Great Blue Heron     1 
Black Vulture     2 
Turkey Vulture     1 
Ring-billed Gull     2 
Belted Kingfisher     1 
Blue Jay     3 
American Crow     6 
Carolina Wren     1 
American Robin     1 
Northern Mockingbird     1 
Cedar Waxwing     18 
Song Sparrow     4 
Swamp Sparrow     1 
White-throated Sparrow     15 
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     6 
Northern Cardinal     8 

Location:     Piney Run Park 
Observation date:     12/16/08 
Number of species:     17 

Canada Goose     128 
Tundra Swan     1 
American Wigeon     24 
Mallard     5 
Canvasback     1 
Bufflehead     25 
Hooded Merganser     36 
Common Merganser     5 
Ruddy Duck     21 
Pied-billed Grebe     7 
Bald Eagle     1 
American Coot     70 
Ring-billed Gull     21 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2 
American Crow     2 
White-throated Sparrow     4 
Northern Cardinal     2 



Joe Hanfman 
Ccolumbia, MD