Hey All,

I birded Patterson Park (big surprise). It was a very nice day! Some first of the years and, what with all the clouds some very nice close looks at feeding swifts and swallows. 

Canada Goose 2
Mallard 30 (12 ducklings) 
Am. Black Duck X Mallard 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Am. Coot 1
Am. Woodcock 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Caspian Tern 2
Mourning Dove 6
Rock Pigeon 10
Northern Flicker 3
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 15
House Wren 3
American Robin 8
Hermit Thrush 5
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 25
Yellow Warbler 2
Palm Warbler (yellow) 2
Black-and-white Warbler 8 (first of the year too! Interestingly only one female) 
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1 (has been present at Boat Lake for over a week now; occasionally sings) 
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 2 (on the muddy spots on the athletic fields; very unusual bird in Patterson Park!) 
White-throated Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 4
House Finch 7
House Sparrow 3

Good birding! 

Mike H.
Baltimore City

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