All: took one of my occasional pre-work walks around Schoolhouse Pond
this morning. Much of the pond was frozen over, and the highlight was 40
Northern Shovelers in various plumages swimming and resting in the
ice-free portion of the pond to the left. Another interesting
observation, on the pond's other side, was a mid-size tree that has
nearly been chewed through by a beaver. The activity looked quite
recent.

 

Full bird list below.

 

Good Birding!

Warren and Lisa Strobel

Annapolis, MD

www.birdcouple.com <http://www.birdcouple.com/> 

 

 

 

Location:    Schoolhouse Pond, Upper Marlboro
Observation date:    1/4/11
Number of species:    15

Canada Goose    75
Northern Shoveler    40
Great Blue Heron    1
American Coot    1
Ring-billed Gull    19
Mourning Dove    1
Northern Flicker    1
American Crow    1
crow sp.    3
Carolina Chickadee    2
Tufted Titmouse    3
Eastern Bluebird    2
Song Sparrow    2
White-throated Sparrow    4
Northern Cardinal    3
American Goldfinch    12

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