During my lunch break today I stopped by Druid Hill Park to see if any ducks
were there. I saw Mallard, Ruddy Duck, and a Ring-necked Duck.

I surprised to find four juvenile Pied-billed Grebes begging an adult bird
on the north side of the large lake. They were able to dive; but preferred
begging the adults when they surfaced. Another two juvenile birds chased
after a second adult, then a third adult bird was found far from the others.

The young grebe were nearly the same size as the adults; but still had
red-orange on the bill and some rufous coloration on the head and neck.

Location:     Druid Hill Park
Observation date:     11/15/10
Number of species:     19

Mallard     6
Ring-necked Duck     1
Ruddy Duck     56
Pied-billed Grebe     9
Merlin     1
American Coot     5
Ring-billed Gull     328
Herring Gull     12
Great Black-backed Gull     14
Rock Pigeon     1
Mourning Dove     1
American Crow     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
European Starling     4
Song Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     3
Dark-eyed Junco     2
Red-winged Blackbird     1
American Goldfinch     3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Keith Eric Costley

Randallstown, Baltimore County