Date: 12/3/12 12:03 pm
From: Laura Rinier <armytech021...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Union Mills Wetland(Brown Rd.) and Study Rd. Pond - Carroll County, MD


The usual suspects at both places. Only bird of note was a late Eastern Phoebe(photo attached).

eBird checklists below:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12215416

Union Mills Wetland, Carroll, US-MD
Dec 3, 2012 11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
25 species (+1 other taxa)

Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 Hanging with a lone Eastern Bluebird while flycatching. Notable characterisitics were the typical tail bob when perched, no eye ring, light green wash on belly when the sun would hit it just right, all black bill. Picture is attached.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/croft21/8241473937/in/photostream

Blue Jay 2
crow sp. 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Eastern Towhee 1
American Tree Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 3
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 20
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 7
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1
American Goldfinch 2


http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S12215434

Canada Goose 100 Easily 100+ hanging in and out of the pond.
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 9
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 1

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