This morning at Hashawha Environmental Center:
Phoebe 2
Tree Swallow 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, heard only
GNATCATCHER 1, my first of the year & ties my earliest ever in the county
Field Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 25
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 15
Junco 3
Study Road:
SNOW GOOSE 23, including two Blues, the largest flock I have seen in the county & ties the late record for the county
Canada Goose 40
Baldpate 12
Mallard 10
Killdeer 1
Union Mills Wetland:
Canada Goose 2
Rails - none responding so far
Magna Way Pond:
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 1
Ring-necked Duck 3
Cranberry Reservoir:
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 9
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Common Loon 1
DC Cormorant 9
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 18, dropped in as I got out of the car, variety of adult plumages
Ring-billed Gull 1
BROWN THRASHER 1, heard only, my first of the year
In the afternoon a brief stop at the back side of Piney Run Park:
Canda Goose 30
Mallard 7
Bufflehead 1
Common Loon 2
DC Cormorant 1
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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