Yesterday at home an adult male Purple Finch was the first I have seen at my feeders in years. 





   This afternoon at Piney Run Park: 



Canada Goose  47 

Gadwall  11 

Black Duck  19 

Mallard  18 

Green-winged Teal  7 

Bufflehead  23 

Hooded Merganser  5 

Common Merganser  8 

Ruddy Duck  15 

Pied-billed Grebe  1 

Red-necked Grebe  3 

DC Cormorant  6 

Great Blue Heron  3 

Coot  11 

Ring-billed Gull  2 

Phoebe  3 



   This evening at Liberty Lake off Oakland Road: 



Canada Goose  19 

Tundra Swan  22 on the lake 

Wood Duck  2, a pair flew by 

Common Merganser  2 

COMMON LOON  1 in breeding plumage, my first of the spring 

Pied-billed Grebe  4 

DC Cormorant  18 

Ring-billed Gull  175, many in breeding plumage 

Kingfisher  1 

Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD