Nice birds on a nice first day of 2009 at Greenbelt Lake, 
notably a single CACKLING GOOSE, a female AMERICAN WIGEON, 
two LESSER SCAUPS (1 male, 1 female), about 20 HOODED 
MERGANSERS, and a BROWN CREEPER.  Full eBird report follows:


Location:    Greenbelt Lake
Observation date:    1/1/09
Notes:    A fine New Year's Day walk around the lake looking 
for waterfowl.  Cold, breezy, sunny.  Also saw some Eastern 
Gray Squirrels.
Number of species:    27

Cackling Goose    1    noticeably and proportionally smaller 
than the Canada Geese around it
Canada Goose    250    approx
American Wigeon    1
Mallard    50    approx, both sexes
Ring-necked Duck    10    approx, both sexes
Lesser Scaup    2
Hooded Merganser    20    approx, both sexes
Ruddy Duck    5    approx
Pied-billed Grebe    1
Great Blue Heron    1
Turkey Vulture    2
Ring-billed Gull    150    approx
Mourning Dove    1
Belted Kingfisher    1
Red-bellied Woodpecker    1
Carolina Chickadee    5    approx
Tufted Titmouse    5    approx
White-breasted Nuthatch    1    heard only
Brown Creeper    1
Carolina Wren    4    heard only
Northern Mockingbird    2
European Starling    1
Song Sparrow    5    approx
White-throated Sparrow    15    approx
Northern Cardinal    4
American Goldfinch    2
House Sparrow    25    approx, both sexes

This report was generated automatically by eBird 
v2(http://ebird.org)

D

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Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/Archives/Photos/birds.html