An early morning walk at Glen Falls / North Liberty Lake, cut short by the rain, produced:
Canada Goose 40, also nests with eggs (2, 4, & 6), one nest ready for eggs, and another with one egg and an empty shell with the gosling swimming nearby.
Wood Duck 8
Black Duck 1
Mallard 6
Green-winged Teal 2
Hooded Merganser - 4 females, including three standing on top of a Wood Duck box
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2 heard
Tree Swallow 3, nest in birdhouse ready for eggs
Rough-winged Swallow 2
House Wren 2 heard
Gnatcatcher 5
Wood Thrush 1 heard
Catbird 1
Parula 1 heard
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 heard
Ovenbird 1 heard
Yellowthroat 2 heard
Swamp Sparrow 3 heard
Orchard Oriole 1 adult male
In the afternoon at Piney Run Park where most of the waterfowl have departed:
Canada Goose 42
Mallard 6
Green-winged Teal 2
Ruddy Duck 2
Common Loon 4
DC Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull 3 immatures
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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