Hello Folks,
I have gotten a few requests for the location to Cattail Creek. This
information is also in the MDOsprey Archives, eBird as a HotSpot, A Birder's
Guide to Montgomery County, and the Howard County Bird Club site guides.
Since there are a lot of shorebirds here it would be worthwild to check it
several times and like most shorebird areas there is turnover. Some of the
birds are farther up Cattail Creek and outside of my scope range.

The 3 Stilt Sandpipers found by Joel Martin were still there at 7:00 p.m.
Juvenile - Long drooping dark bill, white supercilium, buff color on breast
with fine streaks, dirty yellow legs, fresh plumage on back with well
defined feathers. Adults - Long drooping dark bill, weak white supercilium,
dark streaking from neck to belly, feathers on back poorly defined, legs
dirty yellow but not a bright as the juvenile.

http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/Triadelphia/Triadelphia_Lake_Road_directions.htm

 *Triadelphia Lake Road* - ADC 4932-B4 (8-B13), Delorme 56-C3. Take MD 97
(Roxbury Mills Road) south into Montgomery County. Turn left onto
Triadelphia Lake Road and drive to the parking lot at the end. You will see
a fishing deck dedicated to wounded veterans. (All of this area is
Montgomery County.) Take the steps on the north side of the parking lot and
follow the path for 5-10 minutes keeping the water on your right side. You
will get to an area where the path and the river makes a 90 degree turn to
the left. Just after this you will see two large logs on your right and then
a small path on your right. Take this path down to the edge of the mud
flats. The Patuxent River will be on your right and also straight ahead
because it makes a 90 degree turn to the left. The right side of the river
is Howard County and the left side is Montgomery County. In front of you is
a small grassy knoll and beyond it some large rocks. The grassy knoll is
Montgomery County and the large rocks with its mud spit is Howard County.
The area with the large trees in front of you is Howard County. What looks
like the main river going north (where the river turns to the left) is
actually Cattail Creek and is all Howard County.

-- 
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD

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