PODICIPEDIFORMES
	Pied-billed Grebe	5 scattered on lake
PELICANIFORMES
	Double-crested Cormorant	8 including one close to the road at Northeast Creek
CICONIIFORMES
	Great Blue Heron	one
	Turkey Vulture	15 soaring early on a gusty day
	Black Vulture	one flapping heavily along Mt Carmel Church Road near Chapel Hill
ANSERIFORMES
	Canada Goose	4 on a farm pond (presumably wild)
	Mallard	5 on a farm pond, 2 females, 3 males, no definite pairing
	Bufflehead	6 on a farm pond, 2 males with irridescent purple in the sunlight and coral legs, 4 females, all diving repeatedly
	Hooded Merganser	2 females on a farm pond, 19 males and females keeping near a sheltered shore of the lake
FALCONIFORMES
	Red-tailed Hawk	one adult perched along Big Woods Road
	Red-shouldered Hawk	one adult with banded tail, dropped to ground several times at edge of pine woodland, apparently hunting
CHARADRIIFORMES
	Ring-billed Gull	300, some scattered but mostly in large flocks on the lake
	Bonaparte's Gull	150 in a sheltered cove with a group of ring-bills (but no other gulls)
COLUMBIFORMES
	Rock Dove	about a dozen flew under the bridge at Northeast Creek
	Mourning Dove	only 2
CORACIIFORMES
	Belted Kingfisher	none!
PICIFORMES
	Downy Woodpecker	one with a flock of chickadees and kinglets
	Northern Flicker	several scattered, often feeding on the ground on lawns
PASSERIFORMES
FLYCATCHER FAMILY
	Eastern Phoebe	beside the lake
JAY AND CROW FAMILY
	American Crow	20, pairs and small family groups, including two groups feeding on deer carcasses beside the road
	Blue Jay	2
CHICKADEE FAMILY
	Carolina Chickadee	4, including at least 2 in a flock beside the road
	Tufted Titmouse	4, including a pair in the same flock
NUTHATCH FAMILY
	Brown-headed Nuthatch	one bird on the trunks of pines at Seaforth Point
WREN FAMILY
	Carolina Wren	one sang just a few songs -- too cold for more!
MIMIC FAMILY
	Mockingbird	one or two
THRUSH FAMILY
	American Robin	50, often in flocks near lawns
	Hermit Thrush	10, along grassy shoulders in wooded areas, some allowed good looks
	Eastern Bluebird	4 along Big Woods Road
KINGLET FAMILY
	Golden-crowned Kinglet	one female in a chickadee-kinglet flock allowed nice views of her crown
	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	5, including at least 3 in the chickadee-kinglet flock
WOOD-WARBLER FAMILY
	Yellow-rumped Warbler	few, including one or two in the chickadee-kinglet flock
CARDINAL FAMILY
	Northern Cardinal	5
SPARROW FAMILY
	Dark-eyed Junco	30 in flocks at the edges of woods
	Song Sparrow	10, scattered with other sparrows
	White-throated Sparrow	20 in brushy areas
FINCH FAMILY
	none!

NOTES

A cold, windy day kept the birds under cover.   We had great chances to study the kinglets, Hooded Mergansers, Buffleheads, and Bonaparte's Gulls.