Rainy days can sometimes put interesting birds on inland reservoirs. Today's bonanza at Piney Run was loons and gulls. Most ducks have pulled out since the park has opened to boats and the big fishing tournament of last weekend. The level of the lake is down a little, producing some mud flats but there were no shorebirds yet.
Canada Goose 8
Gadwall 4
Black Duck 2
Mallard 10
Green-winged Teal 2
Lesser Scaup 4
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 7
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Common Loon 45 - all in breeding plumage, some calling and displaying
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1, first of the season
Osprey 1, first of the season
Coot 13
Bonaparte's Gull 30
Tree Swallow 5
Rough-winged Swallow 1, first of the season
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg, Md
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