Birded Piney Run in Carroll County this morning. Highlights include a fair number of PINE SISKINS by the Nature Center (20+) as well as a pair of TUNDRA SWANS. The lake has thawed, so ducks a fairly well dispersed. COMMON MERGENSERS outnumbered all others-- including geese. Here's a complete list of today's sightings:

Canada Goose
TUNDRA SWAN - 2
American Black Duck
Mallard
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser - 50+
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle - 1 juvenile
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
PINE SISKINS - 20+
American Goldfinch

Happy Birding!
dcs

David C. Smith
Owings Mills, MD