Birds seen in Carroll County on Sunday, November 1: At home - 1 Chipping Sparrow still hanging around. At Liberty Lake: 2 Great Blue Herons, 96 Canada Geese, 4 Mallards, 39 Killdeer, 2 Snipe, 21 Ring-billed Gulls. In the watershed off Murray Rd - 4 Hermit Thrushes, 1 Brown Creeper, many Golden-crowned Kinglets. At Deer Park Rd farm pond - 52 Black Ducks. At Morgan Run - I was there between 11 and 12, so no ravens then, but 1 Fox Sparrow. At Piney Run - 13 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Great Blue Herons, 1000 Canada Geese, 6 probable Graylag X Canada Goose hybrids in 6 different plumages (these are migrants, not local birds), 3 Wood Ducks, 4 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 26 Black Ducks, 75 Mallards, 1 Canvasback, 1 Redhead, 65 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Lesser Scaup, 5 Buffleheads, 16 Hooded Mergansers, 62 Ruddy Ducks, 250 Coots, 7 Killdeer, and 2 Snipe. Bob Ringler