Below are my highlights of todays Howard County birding.  



Brighton Dam 

Hooded Mergansers - 15 

Common Mergansers - 150 

Pied-billed Grebe - 1 

Bald Eagle - 8 

Herring Gull - 1 



Schooley Mill Park 

American Tree Sparrows 2- Previously found by Nanc Magnusson. In the field just south of Marker #29 
Fox Sparrow 1 - near Marker #25 

http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/SchooleyMill/schooley_mill_directions.htm 



Centennial Lake 

Canvasback 2 

Greater Scaup 1 male (with 30 Ring-necked Ducks) 


Just south of Columbia Mall 

Northern Harrier 1 male 








Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD