This was the dullest day I have ever had doing this three-mile stretch of the canal, Milepost 104-107. Probably the good weather was to blame for the lack of waterfowl. This is the first time the river has been completely free of ice here. Land birds were scarce and species diversity and numbers the poorest I have experienced in the years of covering this section, missing species such as Sapsucker, Blue Jay, Bluebird, Towhee, White-throat, Junco, House Finch, and with only one each of Robin, Starling, Waxwing, and Song Sparrow. But there is always a highlight for the day and it was two Phoebes this year. 



Canada Goose  101 

Common Merganser  9 

Great Blue Heron  1 

Red-shouldered Hawk  1 

Kingfisher  3 

Red-bellied Woodpecker  8 

Downy Woodpecker  5 

Hairy Woodpecker  2 

Flicker  2 

Pileated Woodpecker  4 

PHOEBE  2 

American Crow  9 

Carolina Chickadee  9 

Titmouse  11 

White-breasted Nuthatch  5 

Brown Creeper  3 

Carolina Wren  13 

Winter Wren  3 

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2 

Robin  1 

Starling  1 

Cedar Waxwing  1 

Song Sparrow  1 

Cardinal  8 

Goldfinch  2 

Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD