An American Pipit was feeding on the south side of the fort at Fort McHenry NHM this afternoon. It allowed me to approach within 30 feet and did not so much as shake a tail feather.

A nice collection of ducks were rafting close to the rip rap along the wetland area. Jim had a Northern Pintail earlier this week; but I did not see it today. In addition, 150+ ducks gathered at the far end of the wetland - I did not count them.

Location:     Fort McHenry NHM
Observation date:     1/20/09
Number of species:     21

Canada Goose     1
American Wigeon     18
Mallard     26
Canvasback     9
Ring-necked Duck     29
Lesser Scaup     57
Bufflehead     42
Hooded Merganser     8
Ruddy Duck     38
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Cooper's Hawk     1
Killdeer     2
Ring-billed Gull     9
Herring Gull     3
Great Black-backed Gull     2
European Starling     6
American Pipit     1
Song Sparrow     5
Swamp Sparrow     8
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     8
House Finch     2

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

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Keith Eric Costley

Randallstown, Baltimore County