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Mason Dixon Farm 10-8-04

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Bob Ringler

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:23:37 -0400

   I visited the Mason Dixon Farm in Frederick County again today after Frank Schaff had reported 34 Golden Plovers there yesterday.  I joined Barbara Gearhart there this morning.

East Pond:
Shoveler  3
Green-winged Teal  1
Golden Plover  34, flew in as I arrived, did not move when a fox walked across the dry part of the pond, but took off for no apparent reason and landed out of sight in a nearby field, later flew over the pond headed west, probably to another field.
Killdeer  25
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Least Sandpiper  8
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Snipe  1
Pipit  30
Savannah Sparrow  20
White-crowned Sparrow  1 immature
Indigo Bunting  1

North Ponds (PA):
Killdeer  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Least Sandpiper  5
Pectoral Sandpiper  8

West Pond:
Shoveler  3, probably the same birds as in East Pond
Green-winged Teal  11
Checkered Skipper  30

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD