I birded Sands Road Park and Thomas Point Park today after work. Highlights were flushing up a female BOBOLINK at Sands Road Park and scoping a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER on the Bay at Thomas Point Park. Both are good June birds in Anne Arundel.

Full lists:

Location:     Sands Road Park
Observation date:     6/2/10
Number of species:     36

Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Acadian Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     2
American Crow     2
Fish Crow     1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     15
Tree Swallow     6
Bank Swallow     20
Barn Swallow     6
Tufted Titmouse     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     3
Eastern Bluebird     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
Cedar Waxwing     1
Northern Parula     2
Pine Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     3
American Redstart     1
Common Yellowthroat     3
Yellow-breasted Chat     2
Chipping Sparrow     1
Field Sparrow     3
Grasshopper Sparrow     2
sparrow sp.     2     
Northern Cardinal     1
Blue Grosbeak     1
Indigo Bunting     4
BOBOLINK     1     Flushed
Red-winged Blackbird     1
Common Grackle     2
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
Orchard Oriole     1


Location:     Thomas Point Park
Observation date:     6/2/10
Number of species:     17

Mallard     1
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER     1     http://www.flickr.com/photos/35144142@N04/4664369853/
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Great Blue Heron     2
Osprey     10
Laughing Gull     1
Herring Gull     2
Chimney Swift     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     1
Fish Crow     5
Barn Swallow     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     10
Common Grackle     2
American Goldfinch     5

Robert Ostrowski
Crofton