I spent part of this afternoon walking around Lilypons in Frederick County. Notable birds were:
Wood Duck 6
Common Merganser 5 females on Bennett Creek just before it joins the Monocacy
DC Cormorant 1 flying around for a few minutes
Great Blue Heron 6, single birds were standing on three of the five nests that I could see
GREEN HERON 1, my first of the year
Coot 3
Killdeer 2
Snipe 3
CASPIAN TERN 1 flew over about 2:30
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 10
Rough-winged Swallow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 heard
Myrtle Warbler 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Swamp Sparrow 4, one singing
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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