Drove around Hoover today around noon; cloudy, windy and cold 39 degrees.  
Lots of Hood Mergansers and Bonaparte's Gulls.  Three Common Loons at a 
distance and 2 Red-breasted Mergansers close up.  One Common Goldeneye 
below the damn.

Stopped by Blendon on the way home and was rewarded by two beautiful fox 
sparrows at the feeder near the pond. I hadn't seen one close up for a 
long time.  They are really impressive!

Here's the list:

Location:     Hoover Reservoir
Observation date:     11/27/09 10am
Number of species:     10

Canada Goose     50
Mallard     30
Hooded Merganser     24
Red-breasted Merganser     2
Common Loon     3
Double-crested Cormorant     15
Bonaparte's Gull  33
Ring-billed Gull     90
Downy Woodpecker     2
American Crow     12
Common Goldeneye 1

Location:     Blendon Woods Metro Park
Observation date:     11/27/09 2pm
Number of species:     14

Canada Goose     50
Gadwall     4
American Black Duck     25
Mallard     25
Downy Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     2
Carolina Chickadee     20
Tufted Titmouse     20
White-breasted Nuthatch     5
Field Sparrow     1
Fox Sparrow     2
Dark-eyed Junco     6
Northern Cardinal     15
House Sparrow     20

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