Date:         Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:29:00 -0400
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From:         Stan Arnold <blackrail@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Sanderlings & Am. Golden Plovers in Montgomery/Howard Counties
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Hi Folks,

I was pleased to be able to get out this afternoon (Thur., 9/20) to see what
kinds of birds the rains may have deposited out here in the piedmont.  I
wasn't disappointed when I visited the Greenbridge Rd. access to Triadelphia
Reservoir (Montgomery Co.), and tallied an unprecedented (for me in this
neck of the woods) eight species of shorebird in the same location where the
Ruddy Turnstone was seen two weeks ago.  Highlights today were two
SANDERLINGs and two AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERs on the near edge of the spit of
land projecting out into the reservoir.  I watched the collection of birds
for a good 40 minutes, and at one point they flushed, flying out over the
water (Howard Co.), then returned to the same spot.  For some icing on the
cake, a BARRED OWL gave three renditions of "who cooks for you,"  after
which a flurry of activity near the parking area produced two MAGNOLIA
WARBLERs and two BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERs among the many chickadees and
titmice responding to my spishing.

The tally:

Green-winged Teal            1
Osprey                                2
Semiplamated Plover        2
Am. Golden Plover            2
Killdeer                                6
Greater Yellowlegs            1
Lesser Yellowlegs              3
Sanderling                          2
Least Sandpiper                1
Pectoral Sandpiper            1

Later, on Rte 94 in Howard Co., over the pond at Larriland Farms between
Florence Rd. and Old Annapolis Rd., I watched several white birds flying
from a distance.  Gulls, I thought, but when I stopped and got the bins on
them, they turned out to be seven FORSTER'S TERNs.  One other interesting
bird for the outing was a COMMON NIGHTHAWK flying over Carrs Mill Rd., near
Glenwood Elementary School.

I checked the sod farms at Jennings Chapel Rd., Hardy Rd., Daisy Rd., and
Triadelphia Mills Rd., but as usual, nothing to report.  Two months of
checking these areas has produced nothing better than Horned Larks.  By the
way, a new pond was just put in along Jennings Chapel Rd., just east of the
sod farm.  It had a Canada Goose, Mallard and Great Blue Heron in it today,
and looks like it will have good potential for winter waterfowl.  It's easy
to see from the road, but there are no pull-offs or nearby parking areas
along this country road.

Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie
blackrail@earthlink.net

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