While taking the dog on a quick, cold walk to the lake this 
morning, I spotted a single blue morph SNOW GOOSE among 
the thousands of Canadas.  There continues to be a surprising 
amount of open water at the lake - I estimate that about 1/3 is 
ice free - but an equally surprising lack of diversity among the 
waterfowl.  Besides the Canada Geese and several dozen 
Ring-billed Gulls, I saw 50+ MALLARDS, a few AMERICAN 
BLACK DUCKS, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and 1 RUDDY DUCK.  
Even our usually reliable Hooded Mergansers were elsewhere.

At home, I am getting PINE SISKINS at my feeders on a regular 
basis, usually 2 or 3 at a time.  Although they sometimes come 
to the finch feeder filled with a "finch mix," they much prefer the 
sock feeder filled with Nyjer seed.

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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