Loch Raven and the Flats

D.and F.Terry (GT5S@erols.com)
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 18:03:25 -0500


Today Steve Simon and I birded part of the Loch Raven Watershed and the
Paper Mill Swamp Trail (also known as the "Flats") in Baltimore County.
	In the Loch Raven Watershed we observed waterbirds from the Loch Raven
Drive and the White Pine Circuit. These are the waterbirds we saw.

Pied-billed Grebe	57
Horned Grebe		14
Canada Goose		334
Gadwall			22
Amer. Wigeon		68
Amer.Black Duck		8
Mallard			7
Redhead			104
Ring-necked Duck	8
Bufflehead		4
Common Merganser	22
Amer. Coot		3000
Ring-billed Gull	30
Herring Gull		4

	At the Flats we had the following.

Canada Goose		63
Gadwall			2
Amer. Black Duck	34
Mallard			7
Hooded Merganser	2