An afternoon trip to Piney Run Park joined by Tom Miller. The lake is 95% frozen. Birds are crowded around the little open water. Massed geese make it difficult to see other birds. Best viewing from the picnic table off the Field Trail spur. 

WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 adult Greenland race standing on the opposite shore before disappearing in the horde. 

Canada Goose - 2000 

Canada Goose X Greylag hybrid - 1 

Gadwall  2 

Baldpate  10 

Black Duck  15 

Mallard  225 

Canvasback  4 

Redhead  1 

Ring-necked Duck  35 

Bufflehead  4 

Hooded Merganser  10 

Common Merganser  1 

Ruddy Duck  6 

Pied-billed Grebe  1 

Great Blue Heron  1 

Bald Eagle  1 white-backed immature 

Coot  30 

Ring-billed Gull  350 

Barred Owl  1 roosting in the pines on the Field Trail 

Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD