Hi Everyone,
 
After timing my return from Chicago perfectly with the departure of our storm birds (I knew leaving the state this weekend was dangerous), I called up Hans Holbrook to see what we could turn up in Carroll Co. We were pretty happy with our luck at Piney Run Reservoir and in the Liberty Watershed. The latter was very active around dusk, and we got the feeling a lot of birds were ready to fly tonight. Here are the highlights with conservative estimates for larger numbers:
 
Piney Run Reservoir
 
Wood Duck--heard
Green-winged Teal--1
Northern Shoveler--3
Great Egret--2
Little Blue Heron--1 imm.
Green Heron--1
Solitary Sandpiper--4
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Chimney Swift--10
Cedar Waxwing--50
 
North end of Liberty Lake, inc. railroad tracks near intersection of Glen Falls and Hollingsworth 
 
(Carroll Co. Birds)
 
Great Egret--4
Little Blue Heron--1 imm.
Green Heron--3
Killdeer--8
Semipalmated Plover--3
Lesser Yellowlegs--1
Solitary Sandpiper--3
Spotted Sandpiper--2
Semipalmated Sandpiper--3
Least Sandpiper--30
Black-billed Cuckoo--1 heard
Chimney Swift--30
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--20+!
Eastern Wood-Pewee--15
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher--1 (only Hans saw it well, though I have to check out some bad photos)
Eastern Phoebe--3
Great Crested Flycatcher--1
Eastern Kingbird--50+!
White-eyed Vireo--1
Yellow-throated Vireo--2
Red-eyed Vireo--10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--3
Eastern Bluebird--10
Gray Catbird--20
Cedar Waxwing--50
Blue-winged Warbler--1
Black-and-white Warbler--5
American Redstart--5
Northern Waterthrush--2
Common Yellowthroat--3
Scarlet Tanager--1
Indigo Bunting--10
 
(Baltimore Co. Birds)
 
Chestnut-sided Warbler--1
Black-throated Green Warbler--1
Pine Warbler--1
Black-and-white Warbler--1
American Redstart--2
 
Liberty Reservoir at Rte. 32
 
100+ Common Nighthawks (always a great site!)
 
Off Marriotsville Road 2 at dusk
 
Barred Owl--4
Wood Thrush--2
 
Have a great week!  
 
Bill
 
Bill Hubick
Elkridge, MD
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