Birding in Carroll and Frederick counties with Debbie Terry and John Hubbell.
   At Piney Run Park this morning the only warblers found were 1 Blue-winged, 6 Magnolias, 2 Redstarts, and 4 Yellowthroats.  The only other migrant was a Ring-billed Gull.
   At New Windsor the recent drought of the past two weeks had reduced the water level in the pond to produce good mud flats and 10 species of shorebirds were seen.  We found:

Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Green Heron  2
Mallard  10
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  6
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  11
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Least Sandpiper  50
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Short-billed Dowitcher  1 juvenile
Snipe  1

   At the Mason Dixon Farm in Frederick County the water level in the east pond continues to fall and there were fewer birds today:

Semipalmated Plover  2
Killdeer  25
Lesser Yellowlegs  6
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Least Sandpiper  35
Pectoral Sandpiper  2


Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD