I spent the better part of the morning and afternoon at North Point State Park today. Overall pretty good. Excellent conditions for observing the bay, though there wasn't a ton on it. My family and I hiked the wetlands loop and part of another trail who's name is escaping me. Both of these areas had impressive numbers of songbirds and such. 

Canada Goose 8
Mallard 3
Double-crested Cormorant 14
Northern Gannet 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-heron 1 (first of the year) 
Turkey Vulture 3
Black Vulture 2
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Bonaparte's Gull 34
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Eastern Screech-owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 4 (first of the year) 
Tufted Titmouse 10
Carolina Chickadee 25
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 5
Hermit Thrush 1
European Starling 2
Palm Warbler 13 (first of the year)
Northern Cardinal 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 17
Swamp Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed (slate-colored) Junco 4
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 2
House Sparrow 1

Tomorrow I'll be around Druid Hill Park. Hopefully some good birds hanging out there! I've had good luck everywhere so far. 

Mike H.
Baltimore City 

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