Hi Everyone,

    The Allegany and Garrett Counties Bird Club had our annual "Garrett 
County Ponds" field trip today.  We had 3 participants ... Roy Brown 
(leader), Ray Kiddy, and myself.  Before we met in LaVale, I stopped at 
Mason Road Pond and Rocky Gap State Park.

Mason Road Pond:

Canada Goose     2
Mallard     3
Blue-winged Teal     4
Bonaparte's Gull     1
Fish Crow     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     8
Tufted Titmouse     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     10
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     1

Rocky Gap State Park

Long-tailed Duck     1
Red-breasted Merganser     2
Bonaparte's Gull     2
Ring-billed Gull     2
Tree Swallow     100
House Finch     1

Our first stop as an official "group" was at ...
Finzel Swamp

Wood Duck     3
Ring-necked Duck     4
Turkey Vulture     1
Common Raven     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     4
European Starling     5
Song Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     8
Rusty Blackbird     4 (Yes these were submitted to ebird)
Common Grackle     4

David Yeany had called me earlier so I knew Piney Reservoir was going to be a good spot

Canada Goose     10
Tundra Swan     1
Wood Duck     1
Mallard     3
Blue-winged Teal     5
Green-winged Teal (American)     4
Ring-necked Duck     8
Greater Scaup     1
Long-tailed Duck     38
Red-breasted Merganser     2
Common Loon     2
Pied-billed Grebe     8
Horned Grebe     5
Double-crested Cormorant     7
Osprey     1
American Coot     1
Bonaparte's Gull     1
American Crow     30
Tree Swallow     35
Black-capped Chickadee     2
American Robin     10
Song Sparrow     2*
*Red-winged Blackbird     5

Meadows Campground & Lake

American Wigeon     5
Ring-necked Duck     20
Greater Scaup     3
Lesser Scaup     15
Long-tailed Duck     9
Hooded Merganser     30
Red-breasted Merganser     1
Ruddy Duck     2
Common Loon     1
Pied-billed Grebe     3
Horned Grebe     1
American Coot     2
Killdeer     1
Mourning Dove     2
Northern Flicker     2

These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

J.B.

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J.B. Churchill
Frostburg, MD

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