I walked Blue Mash this morning and afterwards stopped by Cattail
Creek and Brighton Dam at the Triadelphia reservoir. For the most
part, it was pretty quiet at all three sites. Of note was a juvenile
Little Blue Heron at the pond near Zion Road. It foraged the shoreline
for about 15 minutes before flying off towards the land fill. I did
not see many shorebirds on mudflats near Cattail Creek, only 16
Killdeer, 4 peeps, 3 Great Blue Herons, and a Green Heron on the
Montgomery side.  Bald Eagles and Osprey were soaring the shoreline
there as well as at Brighton Dam. My eBird entries are below.

Ron Johnson
Derwood, MD

Blue Mash Nature Trail, Montgomery, US-MD
Aug 18, 2011 6:45 AM - 8:35 AM

Canada Goose  30
Mallard  16
Great Blue Heron  2
Little Blue Heron  1     Juvenile, all white plumage, gray lores,
whitish green legs, upright foraging stance with down pointing beak
Green Heron  2
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Barn Swallow  2
swallow sp.  5
Tufted Titmouse  10
Carolina Wren  8
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  21
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  35     2 adults and 2 juveniles in a shrub by the Mt
Zion Rd pond and later a flock of at least 30 flying near the landfill
Common Yellowthroat  2
Eastern Towhee  7
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  2
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  10

Triadelphia Reservoir--Cattail Creek, Howard, US-MD

Canada Goose  100
Great Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  1
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  2
Killdeer  16
Least Sandpiper  1     group of 4 peeps, likely all were Least, but
clear ID only with one (yellow legs)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
American Crow  1
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Gray Catbird  1

Triadelphia Reservoir--Brighton Dam (Montgomery County), Montgomery, US-MD

Canada Goose  26
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Rock Pigeon  4
Northern Flicker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
American Goldfinch  5

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