Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 20:18:59 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: odenata Subject: Re: Lake Elkhorn, Ruddy, HowCo MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kurt, Bob & I were also at Lake Elkhorn on 10/3 but early p.m. and the 2 Great Egrets were there but only shorebird was a Greater Yellowlegs. Glad others are finding the mudflats. Certainly looks like the drained portion should have some juicy items! Many thanks for mentioning the ponds behind the Giant in River Hill Shopping Center. We stopped there today and were surprised to find three. The large one with the diversity of emergent vegetation looks especially promising although today the medium-sized one with the dense edging of bulrushes and cattails was where the dragons were hanging out--such as they were. We'll definitely add this site to those we check in future breeding seasons. Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:58 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Lake Elkhorn, Ruddy, HowCo > I visited the draining Lake Elkhorn in Columbia this afternoon > 3:30-4:45. The following were present. > > Great Egret 2 > Great Blue Heron 2 > Green Heron 1 > Ruddy Duck 1 (male) > Ring-billed Gull 4 > Greater Yellowlegs 2 > Lesser Yellowlegs 1 > Solitary Sandpiper 1 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3-4 > Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 (female) > > I THINK there were White-throated Sparrows around, but I'm not positive, > as I have relearned the chip note for the season yet! Actually had a > Greater, Lesser, and Solitary in the scope all at once. Wonderfully > instructive. And on a very positive note, the female Black-throated Blue > was eating Tearthumb berries! > > Elkhorn is draining. There's already some nice mud at the end farthest > from the dam. Plenty of deep water left for waterfowl, but it's now one > of the few spots in HowCo with shorebird potential. To get there from > rt. 32, get of on Broken Land Parkway, go north. Park in lot on right > after Snowden River Parkway. > > Kurt Schwarz > Howard County > white-crown@home.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================