I checked Morgan Run NEA on Wednesday. The parking lot at Ben Rose Lane has not been cleared. Melting has left it quite a mess. Trails exposed to the sun are clear; those that are not are snow-covered. There was very little bird activity. A flock of White-throated Sparrows was promising but I found no other sparrows. 

   Also on Wednesday I checked some of the ponds in the Westminster area. At the Westminster Community Pond (100% open) there were 6 Greylag Geese, 11 Canada Geese, 18 Mallards, and 14 Ring-billed Gulls. At Cranberry Reservoir (20% open) there were 60 Canada Geese, 5 Black Ducks, 2 Mallards, 5 Ring-necked Ducks, and 4 Hooded Mergansers. At the Study Road Farm Pond (100% open) there were 175 Canada Geese, 3 Gadwall, 6 Baldpate, 2 Ring-necked Ducks, and 2 Common Mergansers. 

   At Liberty Lake off Oakland Road on Thursday were 6 Canada Geese, 10 Mallards, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 4 Buffleheads, 3 Common Mergansers, 8 Pied-billed Grebes, and 30 Ring-billed Gulls. 

Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD