I had 3 Sora's and 1 Virginia Rail at Lilypons Water Gardens in Frederick County this rainy morning. 





The Sora's were very vocal. 

Location:     Lilypons Water Gardens 
Observation date:     4/15/09; 9:30 am - 11:20 am 

Weather: Rain 

Canada Goose     20 
Wood Duck     1 
Blue-winged Teal     7 
Hooded Merganser     1 
Wild Turkey     1 
Great Blue Heron     7 
Great Egret     1     Large lake, farthest to the east. 
Northern Harrier     1 
Virginia Rail     1 
Sora     3     When facing the main building, the rails were about 300 yards to the east. There is a small 8 hole Purple Martin box in the area. From this box they were two ponds towards the road and 1 & 2 ponds east. 

Wilson's Snipe    15 
Rock Pigeon     1 
Mourning Dove     2 
Belted Kingfisher     1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1 
Downy Woodpecker     1 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2 
Eastern Phoebe     1 
Fish Crow     1 
Purple Martin     4 
Tree Swallow     2 
Tufted Titmouse     1 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet    1 
Northern Mockingbird     2 
European Starling     25 
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     1 
Eastern Towhee     1 
Song Sparrow     7 
Swamp Sparrow     4 
White-throated Sparrow     4 
Northern Cardinal     6 
Red-winged Blackbird     18 
Common Grackle     15 
American Goldfinch     2 

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



Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD