Yesterday morning Bill Ellis and I visited the north end of Liberty Lake to look for shorebirds. Most were on the Baltimore County side. Among the birds seen or heard were:
Canada Goose 13
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Killdeer 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Semi Sand 19
Least Sand 15
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1, heard only
Red-eyed Vireo 1, heard only
Cliff Swallow 1
Indigo Bunting 1
We also stopped at the Bollinger Mill Road section of the watershed and found:
Canada Goose 14
Green Heron 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Least Sand 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Crested Flycatcher 1
Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 1, heard only
Red-eyed Vireo 2, heard only
At home this morning while walking the dog I saw 1 Gnatcatcher, certainly a migrant here.
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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