I forgot to add two male Wood Ducks were also at Cranberry Reservoir.
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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Subject: Carroll Co. Birds 11/16/08
I birded some of the grassland areas in NW Carroll County this morning. The most interesting sightings were:
BALD EAGLE 1 adult cruising around John Shirk Road for several minutes
Red-tailed Hawk only 3 seen
Kestrel 7
RAVEN 2, Sixes Bridge Road just west of Keysville Road, being harassed by crows
Horned Lark 35 at Sixes Bridge Road X Keysville-Bruceville Road, 2 on Jasontown Road, 1 heard on John shirk Road
Later I checked the farm pond on Study Road:
Canada Goose 300
Baldpate 1
Black Duck 1
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 2
Hooded Merganser 14
Great Blue Heron 1
Coot 1
And Cranberry Reservoir:
Canada Goose 700
Baldpate 4
Mallard 1
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 8
Ruddy Duck 12
Killdeer 40
BONAPARTE'S GULL 1, my first of the fall and the only gull present
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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