Hi all,


01/01/11 - 8am-810am
Loch Raven Reservoir--#2 bridge, Dulaney Valley Rd., Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 30-31 degrees, calm

Canada Goose - 187
American Wigeon - 13
Mallard - 6
Ring-necked Duck - 26
Bufflehead - 6
Hooded Merganser - 4
Common Merganser - 29
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Coot - 8
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 15
American Crow - 6
European Starling - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 15


01/01/11 - 825am-1135am
Loch Raven Reservoir--L R Skeet & Trap Ctr, Dulaney Valley Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/Overcast, 32-47 degrees, 
OBSERVERS: 8

Canada Goose - 185
Gadwall - 1
American Wigeon - 15
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 12
Redhead - 40
Ring-necked Duck - 59
Bufflehead - 7
Hooded Merganser - 8
Common Merganser - 9
Ruddy Duck - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 1 (#1 bridge)
Killdeer - 3
Wilson's Snipe - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 12
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 11
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 1 (continuing at feeders)
Tufted Titmouse - 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Carolina Wren - 1 (near cove)
Eastern Bluebird - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 7
Eastern Towhee - 3
Field Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1 (seen/heard from a few on way out)
White-throated Sparrow - 65
"Slate-colored" Junco - 16
Northern Cardinal - 8
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Rusty Blackbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 48


01/01/11 - 1210pm-2pm
Marshy Point Nature Center, Marshy Point Rd., 

WEATHER: Overcast, 47-56 degrees, calm- SW 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 3

Mute Swan - 3
Gadwall - 41
American Wigeon - 6
Mallard - 2
Northern Shoveler - 2
Bufflehead - 5
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 8
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 7
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 7
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 16
European Starling - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 6
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 11
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 34
 

01/01/11 - 210pm-230pm (ice almost all the way across the bay)
Miami Beach Park, Miami Beach Rd., Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 56 degrees, variable 6 mph 
OBSERVERS: 3

Mallard - 20 (nearby marina)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 25
Herring Gull - 24
Great Black-backed Gull - 34 (1000 more gulls way out on floating ice)
American Crow - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 3
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 38
House Finch - 10  
SPECIES: 15


On way home around 420pm, 1 Cackling "Richardson's" Goose with over 500 Canada Geese on a private farm along jarrettsville pike before harford county line.



   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD