Hi Everyone,

I decided to do some birding after work yesterday (3/10), focusing on water spots in Howard and Montgomery Counties. Highlights were two WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLs at Centennial Lake (including a singing adult male), three RED-NECKED GREBEs at Triadelphia, at least four CACKLING GEESE in a flyover Canada flock at Triadelphia, and a nice AMERICAN WOODCOCK showing at Blue Mash Nature Trail. 

Here are the full eBird reports:

Centennial Lake

Canada Goose--21
Mallard--1
Mallard (Domestic type)--1
Greater/Lesser Scaup--2 distant drakes
Turkey Vulture--2
Mourning Dove--4
Belted Kingfisher--1
Red-bellied Woodpecker--1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--2
Blue Jay--3
American Crow--3
Fish Crow--1
Tufted Titmouse--1
Northern Mockingbird--1
Eastern Towhee--1
Song Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)--36
Northern Cardinal--3
Red-winged Blackbird--2
Common Grackle--4
White-winged Crossbill--2; feeding in the main grove of Douglas Fir west of the south entrance; one adult male seen perched in the open and singing a bit; heard another bird calling
American Goldfinch--2

Triadelphia Reservoir--Green Bridge (Montgomery Co.)

Cackling Goose--4; flew over with 134 Canada Geese
Canada Goose--158
Bufflehead--2
Common Merganser--17
Red-necked Grebe--2; 3 birds total, but they spent most of their time very close to the Howard shore; before I left, two birds had moved south to the more open water and approached the Montgomery shore; in general, two closely associating and one hanging out a bit further away; Ring-billed Gulls attempting a bit of kleptoparasitism, trying to steal the grebes' fish after successful dives
Turkey Vulture--3
Bald Eagle--1 imm.
Ring-billed Gull--14
Mourning Dove--1
Belted Kingfisher--1
Pileated Woodpecker--1
Tufted Titmouse--1
Brown Creeper--1
Golden-crowned Kinglet--2
American Robin--1
Northern Cardinal--2

Triadelphia Reservoir--Howard side of Green Bridge

Cackling Goose--4; flew over with 134 Canada Goose
Canada Goose--134
Common Merganser--17
Red-necked Grebe--3 (see above)
Turkey Vulture--3
Bald Eagle--1 imm.

Blue Mash Nature Trail

Canada Goose--315
American Black Duck--5
Mallard--7
Green-winged Teal (American)--16; very vocal
Ring-necked Duck--177; enjoyed listening to their chattering calls
Bufflehead--7
Black Vulture--2
Turkey Vulture--1
Killdeer--1
American Woodcock--13; a great deal of peeanting and displaying despite the cooler weather
Mourning Dove--14
Belted Kingfisher--1
Blue Jay--1
Carolina Chickadee--1
Tufted Titmouse--1
Carolina Wren--3
American Robin--18
Northern Mockingbird--4
European Starling--155
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--1
Eastern Towhee--8
Fox Sparrow (Red)--6; one singing by the south pond; five birds chipping in a hedgerow near the north pond at dusk
Song Sparrow--6
White-throated Sparrow--4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)--5
Red-winged Blackbird--275
Common Grackle--45
blackbird sp.--200
House Finch--1
Non-avian: Spring Peepers quite active despite the somewhat chilly evening.

Good birding,

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com