A female Pine Siskin visited my thistle feeder this morning, a first for my  
Bethesda backyard. In early afternoon, I visited Black Hills Park and  found 
at least three more Siskins (a male and two females seen simultaneously on  a 
thistle feeder) at the visitor center.  The water was mostly frozen over,  but 
the few patches of open water held a fair number/variety of waterfowl - six  
or seven different duck species.  Another highlight was seeing two adult  Bald 
Eagles perched on snags across from the parking lot at the far end of the  
causeway (near Boyds).
 
Stephen Jones
Bethesda, MD
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