Hi,

Geraldine and I spent the night at Carey Run on Saturday and then most
of the day Sunday birding in the eastern part of Garrett county.  Some
highlights were:

Carey Run:  Several nice mixed flocks with good numbers of warblers and
a couple Lincoln Sparrows
Finzel:  Fairly slow, but one small flock with a Philadelphia Vireo
Piney Run:  lots of exposed mud with a good mix of shorebirds including
a Pectoral Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper,
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, and lots of Killdeers.  It
would definitely be worthwhile to keep an eye on the reservoir while the
water level remains low.

We also stopped at Rocky Gap on the way home but aside from a Winter
Wren and a Black-throated Blue Warbler it was pretty slow.

Ebird reports follow.

Tom


Location:     Carey Run MOS Sanctuary
Observation date:     9/27/09
Number of species:     24

Great Blue Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     1
Broad-winged Hawk     1
Eastern Phoebe     5
Blue-headed Vireo     3
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
American Robin     12
Gray Catbird     4
Northern Parula     2
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Blackpoll Warbler     2
Black-and-white Warbler     2
American Redstart     1
Scarlet Tanager     1
Lincoln's Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     4
Northern Cardinal     4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2
Indigo Bunting     4

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

Location:     Finzel Swamp
Observation date:     9/27/09
Number of species:     17

Sharp-shinned Hawk     2
Mourning Dove     3
Black-billed Cuckoo     2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Philadelphia Vireo     1
Blue Jay     15
American Crow     12
Black-capped Chickadee     5
Magnolia Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2
Blackpoll Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     2
Common Yellowthroat     3
Eastern Towhee     2
Song Sparrow     2
Lincoln's Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     5

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



Location:     Piney Reservoir
Observation date:     9/27/09
Number of species:     16

Mallard     4
Green Heron     2
Osprey     2
Killdeer     36
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Solitary Sandpiper     1
Lesser Yellowlegs     3
Semipalmated Sandpiper     1
Pectoral Sandpiper     1
Black-billed Cuckoo     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Northern Flicker     2
Eastern Phoebe     3
Blue Jay     4
Common Yellowthroat     2
Swamp Sparrow     1

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

Tom Feild
GOES N-P Mission Systems Engineer
301.286.6686
NASA/GSFC
Code 599
Greenbelt, Md 20771