The following birds were seen in Carroll County today: Liberty Lake: Great Blue Heron 10 Great Egret 2 Canada Goose 380 Wood Duck 3 Mallard 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 60 Solitary Sandpiper 13 Spotted Sandpiper 12 Semipalmated Sandpiper 47 Least Sandpiper 17 Pectoral Sandpiper 12 Ring-billed Gull 3 Westminster Reservoir: Great Egret 1 Canada Goose 13 Killdeer 45 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Spotted Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 3 New Windsor sewage ponds Wood Duck 26 Killdeer 2 I also checked the Westminster airport and the turf farms at Taneytown and Winfield, but found no birds at any of these. The turf is completely brown at Taneytown. Liberty Lake is about 27 feet low and the best shorebird area is about to disappear down the gorge. Bob Ringler