[MDOsprey] Carroll Co. Birds
Robert Ringler (ringler@cct.infi.net)
Sat, 31 Jul 1999 20:01:32 -0700
The following birds were seen in Carroll County today:
Liberty Lake:
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 2
Canada Goose 380
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 2
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 60
Solitary Sandpiper 13
Spotted Sandpiper 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 47
Least Sandpiper 17
Pectoral Sandpiper 12
Ring-billed Gull 3
Westminster Reservoir:
Great Egret 1
Canada Goose 13
Killdeer 45
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 3
New Windsor sewage ponds
Wood Duck 26
Killdeer 2
I also checked the Westminster airport and the turf farms at Taneytown and
Winfield, but found no birds at any of these. The turf is completely brown at
Taneytown. Liberty Lake is about 27 feet low and the best shorebird area is
about to disappear down the gorge.
Bob Ringler