Hello All,
                I began the morning by re-finding the Tree Sparrow in my stickpile and food plot (DE).  The other sparrows were very uncooperative, though I did later find FOY Chipping Sparrows at the back of the farm (MD).  6 Wood Duck flushed from the small pond on Oak Grove Rd (MD).  At dusk, 6 Woodies flew by as I scanned from Kinder Rd, presumably the same group.  These are the first January record here.  Also, FOY Red-Shouldered Hawk, Black Vulture, House Sparrow (I tried to avoid them).  58 species for the month.  That is fairly ordinary, but I did have quality with 4 new January birds.
The continuing Snow Goose flock was on the ground today on Briar Hook Rd at Hensley Rd.  As this is outside of my 'home' circle, I did not concentrate on finding rarities.  Instead, I looked for banded geese, finding 9.  On interest was KC12 that was originally banded in 2002 and had never been reported outside of Canada.  Several others were banded this year and this was their first return of the winter.  No repeats from other bands collected on 1/19 and 1/22.  Maybe they are not the same geese each day.
In the other direction, there was a collection of 300 Tundra Swan on Oak Grove Rd in Dorchester Co.

Good birding,
Glen Lovelace III
Seaford, DE


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