I made a run to Rocky Gap State Park this morning. Birds at the lake were:
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Cackling Goose 2 in the cove between the beach and hotel
Canada Goose 260
Mallard 15
Pintail 1 male
Killdeer 2
Coot 5
In the Cumberland area I stopped first at McCagh's Pond where I saw:
Mallard 65
Bufflehead 2 females
Hooded Merganser 2
At the Terminus:
Canada Goose 13
Mallard 29
Hooded Merganser 5
At North Branch: no birds on the ponds
In Washington County I stopped at Big Pool:
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 11
Tundra Swan 1 in the field between the towpath & river
Gadwall 1 male
Black Duck 2
Mallard 48
Common Merganser 2 females
At Dam #5:
Canada Goose 45 on the West Virginia shore
Mallard 1
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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