Marcy,
   The rock formation is called White Rocks for obvious reasons since it has long been a mjor roost site for gulls and, in recent years, for cormorants which you saw there.
--
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD


---- Marcy Stutzman <> wrote: 
> This morning I ventured to Weinberg Park for the first time in search of 
> 
> the Red-headed Woodpecker. There was very little bird activity when I fir
> st 
> arrived and as I walked down the path to the water. I observed the ducks 
> on 
> the water and birds in the scrub for a while. My attention was drawn to a
>  
> couple Downy Woodpeckers, when a larger bird flew from one side of the 
> 
> opening to the other. I got my bins on it and it was the immature RED-
> HEADED WOODPECKER.
> 
> Other observations:
> Long-tailed Ducks (2)
> Buffleheads (5)
> Ring-billed Duck (1)
> Mallards (2+)
> Ring-necked Gulls
> Greater Black-backed Gull (1)
> Canada Geese
> Northern Cardinal
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Downy Woodpeckers (10)
> Blue Jay
> Carolina Chickadee
> Tufted Titmouse
> Carolina Wren
> American Crow
> Fish Crow
> Eastern Towhee (lots of them, they were everywhere)
> Red-winged Blackbirds
> 
> Could someone tell me what the large rock formation out in the water is 
> 
> called? I don't have a scope and I couldn't make out what they were with 
> my 
> bins from the shore, but there were large black birds lining the tops of 
> 
> the rocks from one end to the other.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Marcy Stutzman
> Russett, MD
>