I arrived in Cambridge just after 8:30 yesterday (January 11) and 
joined a group of birders enjoying extended views of the female 
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE in the middle of the marina.  (We were 
on the easternmost wooden pier, in the municipal marina.)  By 9:30 
or so, the Tufted Duck had gone into hiding (at least I got a very 
good, albeit brief view of him on Thursday) and the Eurasian 
Wigeon seemed to have disappeared (now I'm 0 for 2 on him).

After leaving Cambridge I headed over to Wicomico County to 
continue looking for ducks.  My best stop was at Barren Pond, 
on Rte. 54 east of Mardela Springs.  There I found a group of about 
20 RING-NECKED DUCKS (mostly males), a close-in female 
COMMON GOLDENEYE (nice to compare with the Barrow's), and 
a lone male WOOD DUCK.  By the time I got to the Nanticoke 
River the wind was blowing something fierce.  At the boat ramp on 
the south side of Wetipquin Creek I found a half dozen RUDDY DUCKS 
popping up and down in the waves and at least one BUFFLEHEAD.  
At Tyaskin Park there was a raft of about 100 CANVASBACKS and 
a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT.  On the return trip, along 
Nutters Neck Road, I saw 6 MALLARDS and a BLACK DUCK in 
Manumsco Creek.  Earlier, at the boat ramp in Mardela Springs, the 
tide was low and there weren't any ducks, but I managed to track 
down a Downy Woodpecker - my county closeout #23. 

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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