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Carroll Co. Birds 4/5/09

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Bob Ringler

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Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:57:21 +0000

   This morning at Hashawha Environmental Center: 

Phoebe  2 

Tree Swallow  6 

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1, heard only 

GNATCATCHER  1, my first of the year & ties my earliest ever in the county 

Field Sparrow  7 

Song Sparrow  25 

Swamp Sparrow  1 

White-throated Sparrow  15 

Junco  3 



Study Road: 

SNOW GOOSE  23, including two Blues, the largest flock I have seen in the county & ties the late record for the county 

Canada Goose  40 

Baldpate  12 

Mallard  10 

Killdeer  1 



Union Mills Wetland: 

Canada Goose  2 

Rails - none responding so far 



Magna Way Pond: 

Canada Goose  4 

Mallard  1 

Ring-necked Duck  3 



Cranberry Reservoir: 

Canada Goose  10 

Mallard  9 

Red-breasted Merganser  4 

Common Loon  1 

DC Cormorant  9 

BONAPARTE'S GULL - 18, dropped in as I got out of the car, variety of adult plumages 

Ring-billed Gull  1 

BROWN THRASHER  1, heard only, my first of the year 



   In the afternoon a brief stop at the back side of Piney Run Park: 

Canda Goose  30 

Mallard  7 

Bufflehead  1 

Common Loon  2 

DC Cormorant  1 

Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD