Bob Ringler, Jeff Culler, and I spent a couple of hours this afternoon at Piney Run Park in Carroll County. We had two Red-necked Grebes at the dam end, which is to the far right of the boat ramp. 

After today's trip I would nominate Bob to play the Count on Sesame Street. A flock of Tundra Swans flew overhead and disappeared behind some trees. Bob said he got a count of 77 swans. Jeff had taken a picture of the flying V formation and later when we counted the swans in the picture, there were 77. Amazing. 

Location:     Piney Run Park 
Observation date:     3/10/09 
Number of species:     42 

Canada Goose     60 
Tundra Swan     89 
Gadwall     17 
American Wigeon     4 
American Black Duck     8 
Mallard     18 
Green-winged Teal     2 
Canvasback     5 
Redhead     7 
Ring-necked Duck     30 
Lesser Scaup     2 
Bufflehead     14 
Hooded Merganser     18 
Common Merganser     25 
Ruddy Duck     6 
Pied-billed Grebe     2 
Red-necked Grebe     2 
Great Blue Heron     1 
Turkey Vulture     2 
Red-shouldered Hawk     1 
American Coot     8 
Ring-billed Gull     20 
Rock Pigeon     75 
Mourning Dove     2 
Belted Kingfisher     1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1 
Downy Woodpecker     1 
Hairy Woodpecker     1 
American Crow     12 
Fish Crow     3 
Carolina Chickadee     5 
Tufted Titmouse     4 
White-breasted Nuthatch     6 
Carolina Wren     2 
American Robin     2 
Northern Mockingbird     1 
Cedar Waxwing     12 
White-throated Sparrow     6 
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     10 
Northern Cardinal     1 
Red-winged Blackbird     1 
Pine Siskin     2 

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2( http://ebird.org ) 



Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD