Four participants turned out for a walk around Beaver Lake this morning. It was a little raw, but the rain held off. Highlights were a singing HERMIT THRUSH, great looks at a FOX SPARROW, and several brief views of WINTER WREN. Species list: Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Hooded Merganser - 2 pairs Killdeer Wilson's Snipe Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch Wendy Ealding