A late post. Curiosity re the new "Lake Roland" walk of next week led me
to a trail entrance just before Falls Road passes under I-695. This leads
eventually to the south end of L Roland, where one may cross the light
rail tracks to access the picnic/"dog run" area of the park. Access from the
footbridge is now blocked.

Under gray, cool skies with an occasional spit of rain, I started a LONG,
leisusrely walk at 1 p.m., ending up at the footbridge, with a side excur-
sion into the upper R. E. Lee pine barrens. On my return, I made another
side excursion into the dike/marshy area, eventually ending an extended
walk of at least 6 miles at 6 p.m.

Because I'd inadvertently left my "ears" at home, it was a long day, with
only the Cardinals cheering me on, and only 22 spp. recorded. Highlights
included an adult BALD EAGLE for this 'way-bald oldster; also, RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK, BARRED OWLS (2 heard), WOOD DUCKS,
BLUEBIRDS and (heard) distantly overhead, TUNDRA SWAN. These
good "ticks" made up, in part, for otherwise dull, grimy, "industrial gray"
pathways and surrounds.

Observed were refurbished Wood Duck boxes, with an add'l 5 or 6 new-
ly minted ones in the mix. A stray beaver has just felled a Cottonwood
and Box Elder. The dour landscape was somewhat brightened by singing
Cardinals, trilling Wood Frogs, Blood Root and the omnipresent alien
Lesser Celandine. The meager list follows:

Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch

Paul Noell
Balto.  MD