Whenever I went out today (9-29-04) there seemed to be another flock or two of Canada Geese going over.  I was checking the local lakes to see if Jeanne left behind any interesting birds.  Answer: none.
   At Liberty Lake were 23 Canada Geese, 1 Black Duck, and 1 Green-winged Teal.
   At Piney Run Park I checked the lake then did some landbirding:
Great Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  2
Canada Goose  40, + 260 highflyers that did not stop
Wood Duck  1
Baldpate  1
Black Duck  5
Mallard  25
Green-winged Teal  1
Ruddy Duck  3, arrival
Osprey  1
Kestrel  1
Phoebe  1
Blue Jay - small flocks migrating
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1, ties the county arrival date record.
Catbird - still common
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Magnolia Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1, arrival
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Black-&-white Warbler  1
Ovenbird  1
Chat  1, rarely seen here in migration
Indigo Bunting  2

   At home another flock of 140 Canada Geese went over.

   Westminster Reservoir - nothing on the lake but a flock of 49 geese flew over.

   Hashawha Env. Ctr. - another flock of geese going over, not counted.  Landbirds there included 3 Yellowthroats, 1 Swamp Sparrow, and my first White-throated Sparrow of the fall in Carroll.

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD