[MDOsprey] Carroll Co. Birds
Robert Ringler (ringler@cct.infi.net)
Sat, 10 Jul 1999 21:55:39 -0700
More migrants and a new breeding bird for Carroll County.
Liberty Lake - areas checked were Murray Road, Rt.32 bridge, Oakland
Road, and Rt.26 bridges; all species were also seen in Baltimore Co.:
Double-crested Cormorant 1 - arrival
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Canada Goose 510
Black Duck 1
Mallard 24
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Killdeer 110
Solitary Sandpiper 6
Spotted Sandpiper 17
Least Sandpiper 36
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 - arrival
Ring-billed Gull 3 adults - arrival
New Windsor sewage ponds:
Great Blue Heron 2
Canada Goose 58
Wood Duck 40 including small downy young
Killdeer 2
Westminster sediment pond
Mallard 2
Killdeer 3 including 1 small downy young
Spotted Sandpiper 2 including 1 juvenile without tail, down
remaining around head producing thick black line
extending back from eye, buff fringes on wings; new
breeding species for Carroll
Least Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 1, arrival
Westminster Reservoir:
Graylag Goose 2
Killdeer 6
Piney Run Park:
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 4
Graylag Goose 4
Canada Goose 150
Mallard 110
Killdeer 5
I also checked the local turf farms and Westminster Airport but found
only Killdeer.
Bob Ringler