Started out the year well this morning with good numbers of ducks in the swamp. The tide on the river was the lowest I've ever seen it. Species list: Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Shoveler Ring-necked Duck (1 lone male) Killdeer (just one heard, I thought there would have been lots on the mudflats) Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Flicker Blue Jay Chickadee Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Winter Wren Bluebird Mockingbird Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Junco Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Goldfinch Wendy Ealding