I birded at Oakland Road Point (Eldersburg) on Liberty Lake tonight from
6:30-7:45PM, and saw or heard 19 species, including 3 grebe species in
breeding plumage.

Observed in Carroll County:
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Horned Grebe - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 140 (all flew from water to tops of trees on
small island at about 7:30PM)
Wood Duck - 5 M/F
Carolina Chickadee - 1
American Robin - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 3

Observed only in Baltimore County:
Red-necked Grebe - 7
Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 10
Mallard - 8 M/F
Scaup species 8 M/F
Ring-necked Duck - 2 M/F
Bufflehead - 200 M/F
Common Merganser - 1 M
American Coot - 1


DCCO count is the high for the season.

Bill Ellis
Eldersburg
Carroll County

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