Hi Everyone, 

This day was interesting to say the least. !!!!  It started off with disappointment as I was suppose to go to Oxbow Lake and look for the American Bittern ,  with Eileen Wise but that got rained out . Around 2:00 i went out to eat and do some shopping .Afterward I stopped by Southwest Area Park in Southwest Baltimore for a quick check . I stopped on the gravel road to check the marsh area and wasnt disappointed. Firstly the fox came out and i took a couple pictures. Then something very large was flying very low at the end of the road which i first got excited thinking Northern Goshawk but ended up being a Gray Ghost .After 15 minutes of watching her scan the marsh and trying to take photos out the passenger window something else flew in at the end of the road . It was flying with a straight long neck and appeared brown in color . It flew over the large pond and then came and landed in the small pond about 50 feet from the road . Got to get acouple photos which was another story and then some people walked by and scared it off. It headed south towards Belle Grove road . I lost it by the power towers so it may not have gone too far.This was also a new Lifebird for me.   birds seen

Redshouldered hawk 
Cooper hawk 
Shorebirds     4    didnt try to id 
Blackcrowned nightheron     1 flyover
Swallow         50      mix of Barn , Tree, Northernroughwing
AMERICAN BITTERN
Northern Harrier   Gray Ghost


Saundra Byrd 

baltimore 
sorry for mistakes as im trying to get this out before the computer freezes