Today I went to check out a few of the Halethorpe Ponds reported
on by Stan, the Master Pondsman.  I had never been to them.
Great habitat!

Additions to Stan's sightings:

Pond 11
Wood Ducks - pair
Mallards - pair
(Nearby - Fox Sparrow)

Pond 10 (from truck parking lot at end of Central Ave)
American Black Ducks
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret
(Tree Swallows)

Small ponds adjacent to Oregon Business Center northernmost
parking lot
Black-crowned Night-Heron (moved between ponds, I think)

I also accessed Pond 9 from behind Snyder's Willow Grove
restaurant.  (Ring-necked Ducks still there.)

Bill Ellis
Eldersburg, Carroll Co.
billellis at ellislist dot com

-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Arnold
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:55 PM
To: 

The following were all sighted on Sunday 20 March 05:
...

    Pond 11 (Nursery Rd. just west of B&A Blvd) AA Co.:
B. Kingfisher
(there are usually GW Teal here, but they are very skittish and
may have
been flushed by the afternoon when I visited; they are usually
present in
the early morning)

    Pond 10 (near BW Parkway at Nursery Rd.) AA Co:
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose--3 pairs
Wood Duck--a pair plus a lone drake
Gadwall--1 drake
Mallard--ca 10
N. Shoveler--11
Ring-necked Duck--2 drakes
Hooded Merganser--2 pairs

    Pond 9 (behind Oregon Business Center, Nursery Rd.) AA Co.:
Ring-necked Duck--5 (2m 3f)