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Carroll Co. Birds 4/13/08

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Bob Ringler

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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:21:57 +0000

   Yesterday morning at Summer Solstice Farm near Westminster with Susan Bollinger:

Wood Duck  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Phoebe  2
Rough-winged Swallow  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Brown Thrasher  1
White-throated Sparrow  15

   Later at Cranberry Reservoir:

Canada Goose  6
Baldpate  2
Lesser Scaup  13
Hooded Merganser  1 female
Ruddy Duck  2, the male was in bright breeding plumage & bill
DC Cormorant  20, the most I have seen on this small lake
GREEN HERON  1
Osprey  1
Tree Swallow  10
Rough-winged Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  75

   In the afternoon at Piney Run Park:

Canada Goose  12
Mallard  31
Lesser Scaup  8
Bufflehead  24
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Ruddy Duck  4
Common Loon  10, all in breeding plumage
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Horned Grebe  1
GREEN HERON  1
Coot  35
Tree Swallow  75
Rough-winged Swallow  10
CLIFF SWALLOW  1
Barn Swallow  75

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD