Yesterday before heading to Washington County to see the Collared Doves
I crossed northwest Carroll County and saw or heard all the local breeders
at traditional sites in the grasslands.
Kestrel - 1 on Keymar Road in Frederick Co.
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 adult on Sharrett Road east of the railroad.
Vesper Sparrow - 1 heard singing along the railroad at Sharrett Road, 1
seen on Sixes Bridge Road just east of Keysville Road, 1 seen singing on
Mumma Ford Road in Frederick Co.
Savannah Sparrow - a pair on the barbed wire fence along Sharrett Road east
of the railroad, both carrying food.
Grasshopper Sparrow - several seen or heard on Sharrett Road & Sixes
Bridge Road, and on Keymar Road & Mumma Ford Road in Frederick Co.
Blue Grosbeak - 1 immature male singing on Sixes Bridge Road east of
Keysville Road.
Dickcissel - 1 singing male on Sharrett Road just east of Route 194, 4 or 5
on Sixes Bridge Road east of Keysville Road and 1 a half mile west of
Keysville Road.
Bobolink - 1 singing male on Keysville-Bruceville Road southeast of
Keysville.
Meadowlark - seen or heard in many of these sites, most in the field with
the Bobolink.
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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