I have received a few requests for directions to shorebird sites on the Howard / Montgomery border. The information below was taken from the Howard County Bird Club web pages.
Triadelphia--Greenbridge http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/Triadelphia/Greenbridge_Road_directions.htm VIEW THE AMERICAN AVOCET FROM THE END OF THE BLACK DOTTED LINE ON THE MAP OF THE ABOVE LINK. This is the area refered to as the "pipeline". *Greenbridge Road* - ADC 4932-H9 (13-D9), Delorme 57-D3 To reach the intersection of Brighton Dam Road and Highland Road there are two options. From US 29 go west on MD 216/Highland Road 6.0 miles to a left turn on Brighton Dam Road OR take MD 32 to Clarksville, go west on Ten Oaks Road 0.6 mile to the junction with Brighton Dam Road (as Ten Oaks Road makes a wide right-hand curve, Brighton Dam Road goes straight); continue 1.5 miles to the intersection with Highland Road. Continue straight on Brighton Dam Road 1.7 miles to the dam (the road runs along the top of it). Cross the dam and continue to the intersection with New Hampshire Avenue (MD650) and turn right. Continue to Greenbridge Road and turn right. There is a metal gate after 0.5 mile. (The gate is *closed* during the no-fishing season and between dusk and dawn at all times.) Continue 0.1 mile to the parking lot.
Triadlephia Lake Rd and Cattail Creek http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/Triadelphia/Triadelphia_Lake_Road_directions.htm The Semipalmated Plovers continue. The Western Sandpipers that I found on 8/05 have only been refound by one or two other persons. The Stilt Sandpiper has not been relocated, yet, but this is the 4th year in a row that we have had Stilt Sandpiper.
*Triadelphia Lake Road* - ADC 4932-B4 (8-B13), Delorme 56-C3. Take MD 97 (Roxbury Mills Road) south into Montgomery County. Turn left onto Triadelphia Lake Road and drive to the parking lot at the end. You will see a fishing deck dedicated to wounded veterans. (All of this area is Montgomery County.) Take the steps on the north side of the parking lot and follow the path for 10-15 minutes keeping the water on your right side. You will get to an area where the path and the river makes a 90 degree turn to the left. Just after this you will see two large logs on your right and then a small path on your right. Take this path down to the edge of the mud flats. The Patuxent River will be on your right and also straight ahead because it makes a 90 degree turn to the left. The right side of the river is Howard County and the left side is Montgomery County. Most of the mud flats in front of you is in Montgomery County. In front of you is a small grassy knoll and beyond it some large rocks. The grassy knoll is Montgomery County and the large rocks with its mud spit is Howard County. The area with the large trees in front of you is Howard County. What looks like the main river going north (where the river turns to the left) is actually Cattail Creek and is all Howard County.
Rocky Gorge--Browns Bridge Rd http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/BrownsBridge/browns_bridge_overview.htm
The Western Sandpiper continues. This is a very pale adult.
*BROWNS BRIDGE* - ADC map pg. 5051 F7 (previous edition pg. 18-C5), Delorme map pg. 57-D4 From US 29 go west on MD 216 for 1.0 mile to the Fulton sign. Just ahead, in front of St. Paul's Church, go straight onto Lime Kiln Road. Continue 1.9 miles to Browns Bridge Road. Turn left on Browns Bridge Road; continue 0.6 mile to a gravel parking lot on the left jut before the bridge. There are two additiional parking areas after crossing the bridge, one on the left and one on the right. When using MD 108 west of Clarksville, turn left on MD 216 in Highland; continue southeast 1.2 miles to the traffic light at Browns Bridge Road. Turn right; continue 1.8 miles to the reservoir.
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*Howard County Site Guides* http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/site_guide_map.htm
Good shorebirding, Joe
-- Joe Hanfman Columbia, MD
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