This morning at Liberty Lake, Beaver Run section:
Canada Goose 425
Black Duck 13
Mallard 18
Double-crested Cormorant 1, flying over
Great Blue Heron 4
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 1, non-breeding plumage
Killdeer 34
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 7
Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow 14
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1, heard only
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Pipit 1
Myrtle Warbler 20
Western Palm Warbler 2
Purple Finch 3, flew over calling, my first in the county in more than a year
This morning at Liberty Lake, Morgan Run section:
Canada Goose 55
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Sapsucker 1
Myrtle Warbler 5
White-throated Sparrow 6
This afternoon at New Windsor wetlands, now mostly dry:
Snipe 1, in the creek
Kingfisher 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 13
LINCOLN'S SPARROW 1
Swamp Sparrow 4
This evening at Liberty Lake off Oakland Road, seen in both counties unless noted:
Canada Goose 93
Wood Duck 1, Carroll only
Black Duck 2, Carroll only
UNIDENTIFIED LOON 1, a small loon seen in failing light had a conspicuous white area at the rear of the flanks. Probably just a juvenile Red-throated Loon which unfortunately spent most of the time underwater but it looked odd. Anybody seen Red-throateds like that?
Pied-billed Grebe 1, Baltimore only
RED-NECKED GREBE 1, Baltimore only, probably same bird seen two nights ago
Double-crested Cormorant 16, started going to roost in the trees on the island 5 minutes after sunset
B-17 1, Baltimore only
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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