Hi all,

I started the morning off at PG county hitting up Lake Artemesia.  Waterfowl
numbers are growing and I found my first Goldeneyes of the season.
Greenbelt lake held small numbers of ducks as well.  I then headed over to
Oxbow Lake.  It sounded like spring with 2 eastern phoebes singing back and
forth as well as loads of sparrows singing.  I found my FOS Fox Sparrow and
also 3 FOS hooded mergansers and 4 FOS Wilson's snipe.  I then headed to Jug
Bay.  From the scoping platform 40 Shovelers were visible as were 40 Black
Ducks.  Several raptors were perched in the trees and the osprey platforms
including one beautiful Peregrine Falcon, 1 Red-Shouldered, 1 Red Tailed,
and 2 Bald Eagles.  After that I headed over to Thomas Point Park with Dave
Gillum.  Thanks to Dan Haas's message we found loads of waterfowl including
all 3 Scoter species, 2 Horned Grebes, FOS Red-breasted Merg and 3 Northern
Gannets.  Full lists follow:

Location:     Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
Observation date:     11/14/09
Number of species:     38

Canada Goose     X
American Black Duck     35
Mallard     8
Northern Shoveler     40
Northern Pintail     1
Lesser Scaup     2
Bufflehead     2
Double-crested Cormorant     7
Great Blue Heron     2
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     3
Bald Eagle     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     2
Peregrine Falcon     1
Laughing Gull     250
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     7
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     X
Fish Crow     X
Carolina Chickadee     5
Tufted Titmouse     4
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2
Eastern Towhee     2
Song Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     9
Northern Cardinal     2

Location:     Thomas Point Park
Observation date:     11/14/09
Number of species:     21

Canada Goose     2
Tundra Swan     28
American Wigeon     3
Mallard     30
Greater/Lesser Scaup     1500
Surf Scoter     175
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER     3
BLACK SCOTER     7
Bufflehead     375
Red-breasted Merganser     1
Ruddy Duck     400
Common Loon     19
Horned Grebe     2
NORTHERN GANNET     3
Laughing Gull     X
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     2
Northern Flicker     1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     3
Northern Cardinal     1
House Sparrow     1

Location:     Oxbow Lake
Observation date:     11/14/09
Number of species:     17

Canada Goose     37
Mallard     43
Hooded Merganser     3
Pied-billed Grebe     4
Great Blue Heron     2
Bald Eagle     1
Killdeer     12
Wilson's Snipe     4
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
Carolina Wren     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet     9
Fox Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     25
Northern Cardinal     2

Location:     Greenbelt  Park
Observation date:     11/14/09
Number of species:     12

Mallard     2
Ring-necked Duck     2
Ruddy Duck     5
Pied-billed Grebe     3
Great Blue Heron     1
Northern Flicker     1
Carolina Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren     1
Song Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     20
Dark-eyed Junco     45
Common Grackle     18

Location:     Lake Artemesia
Observation date:     11/14/09
Number of species:     19

Canada Goose     45
Ring-necked Duck     60
Ruddy Duck     55
Pied-billed Grebe     8
American Coot     2
Ring-billed Gull     6
Belted Kingfisher     1
Northern Flicker     1
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     X
Carolina Chickadee     1
Carolina Wren     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     22
Northern Mockingbird     4
Song Sparrow     8
White-throated Sparrow     8
Dark-eyed Junco     23
American Goldfinch     65

Good Birding,
Chris Murray
Annapolis