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Carroll Co. Birds 5/16-17/08

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Bob Ringler

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Sat, 17 May 2008 23:30:59 +0000

   Yesterday afternoon at Piney Run Park had one surprise among the routine birds:

Canada Goose  25
Mallard  10
Common Loon  5, four immatures & one not quite breeding plumage
Osprey  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Ring-billed Gull  2, first-summer plumage
COMMON TERN  50, dropped in suddenly, flew up the lake & continued north
Warbling Vireo  1, heard only
Tree Swallow  5
Bank Swallow  5
Cliff Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  50


   This morning at home:

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1, heard only, my first of the year

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD