Joe,
I still need to twitch a Mont Co Little Blue Heron this year. Even
though I do a ton of birding in Mont Co, I have never been over to
Brown's Bridge. Is most of good habitat on the Howard side? Or is there
shorebird habitat on both sides? This is probably explained in the MBC
site guide but I can't find my copy at the moment.
Thanks,
Andy Martin
Joe Hanfman wrote:
> Along the Montgomery & Howard County border at Browns Bridge Rd there is some good shorebird habitat. Nothing rare but worth checking back. The highlights were a Great Egret, an immature Little Blue Heron, Spotted & Solitary Sandpipers and Lesser Yellowlegs. There were no shorebirds at Fulton Pond.
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> BROWNS BRIDGE - ADC 5051 F7 (18-C5), Delorme 57-D4 From US 29 go west on MD 216 for 1.0 mile to the Fulton sign. Just ahead, in front of St. Paul's Church, go straight onto Lime Kiln Road. Continue 1.9 miles to Browns Bridge Road. Turn left on Browns Bridge Road; continue 0.6 mile to a gravel parking lot on the left jut before the bridge. There are two additiional parking areas after crossing the bridge, one on the left and one on the right. When using MD 108 west of Clarksville, turn left on MD 216 in Highland; continue southeast 1.2 miles to the traffic light at Browns Bridge Road. Turn right; continue 1.8 miles to the reservoir.
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> Location: Rocky Gorge Reservoir - Browns Bridge (Howard County)
> Observation date: 9/9/09
> Number of species: 22
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> Mallard 10
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Great Egret 1
> Little Blue Heron 1
> Killdeer 8
> Spotted Sandpiper 6
> Solitary Sandpiper 4
> Lesser Yellowlegs 2
> Least Sandpiper 2
> Mourning Dove 3
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> Blue Jay 1
> American Crow 1
> Carolina Chickadee 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> Carolina Wren 2
> Gray Catbird 1
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> Northern Cardinal 2
> American Goldfinch 2
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