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
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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