Not a spectacular day in terms of species diversity. Best bird was a Cackling Goose flying at the back of a skein of Canada Geese heading inland. There were lots of Canadas flying in presumably from the Bay. 

One of our security officers had told me he'd seen a Bald Eagle on a nest back before Thanksgiving. I finally found the nest from the top of our meteorological tower this morning. We had a nest that produced two eaglets last year but the nest failed in late April for some reason so we've got our fingers crossed that this one will produce fledglings.
 
Tyler Bell

California, Maryland 

Location:    Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD
Observation date:    1/19/10
Notes:    tower climb
Number of species:    12

Cackling Goose    1
Canada Goose    250
American Black Duck    4
Bald Eagle    1
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Tufted Titmouse    1
White-breasted Nuthatch    1
Carolina Wren    1
Eastern Bluebird    1
American Robin    5
White-throated Sparrow    6
Common Grackle    1

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