Warren Strobel, Chris Murray and I decided to go on a wild goose chase
today in Southern Anne Arundel.  We came up empty on the Greater
White-fronted Goose recently reported by Jim Stasz.  Matter of fact,
finding any decent numbers of Canada Goose proved to be a bit harder
today as well. We had a possible Great Cormorant on the fishing nets,
but the distance made the ID rather difficult.

On our travels from Annapolis, we noted several Road-Shoulder and
Red-tailed Hawks.  Best raptor of the day:  the Peregrine Falcon,
perched up on the light fixture on the South River Bridge (Rt 2).

Here is the list from Herrington...

Location:     Herrington Harbor
Observation date:     12/22/09
Number of species:     26

Canada Goose     65
Tundra Swan     10
Mallard     32
Long-tailed Duck     71
Bufflehead     623
Common Goldeneye     72
Common Loon     1
Northern Gannet     3
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Turkey Vulture     1
Bald Eagle     1
Killdeer     7
PURPLE SANDPIPER     5
Ring-billed Gull     69
Herring Gull     37
Great Black-backed Gull     9
Mourning Dove     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
EASTERN PHOEBE     1
American Crow     12
American Robin     2
Northern Mockingbird     2
European Starling     44
AMERICAN PIPIT     3
Song Sparrow     12
White-throated Sparrow     3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good Birding and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD