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Carroll Co. Birds 10/14/07

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Bob Ringler

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Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:49:46 +0000

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

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD