Dan and all,

The pond that you see on the west side of the BW Parkway near the Patapsco 
River is Patapsco Pond #10.  Of interest is that there is a new Bald Eagle 
nest on the north side of the pond, easily visible from the parkway.  This 
is probably the best place in northern AA Co. to find shovelers, and they 
are here every winter.  Charlie Kucera and I counted 39 of them here during 
the midwinter count.  We've also seen Am. Wigeon and N. Pintail at nearby 
Pond #9 this winter.

For more information on this pond and the other 15 ponds along the Patapsco 
River between I-195 and Patapsco Ave., including directions, you can visit 
the following website, and click on "Patapsco Ponds" in the menu at the 
left:

http://mysite.verizon.net/cakarbutus/index.htm

My experience with inland scoters is that they tend to be one-day wonders. 
A White-winged Scoter visited the Halethorpe Farms Pond in 2004, and 
departed late on the afternoon that it was discovered.

Thanks for your report, Dan.

Stan Arnold
Ferndale, AA Co.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan haas" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:47 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Northern Shovelers in Anne Arundel


> If you're heading up the BW Parkway, just North of the beltway there
> is a pond on the left.  Today as I was returning home I noticed a
> sizable number of Northern Shovelers enjoying the area.
>
> I drove around until I found a way to have a safe look (off Nursery
> Road there is an office park that backs up to this pond/marsh area).
> There I found close to 2 dozen shovelers doing there thing.
>
> Also, I tried this AM for the Surf Scoter in the Halethorpe Ponds
> BEFORE my morning meeting in Baltimore.  No luck.  It sure enough was
> a messy walk to the ponds with all of the rain and mud, but just as
> Stan described in last night's email: Hooded & Common Merganser, Bald
> Eagle, DC Corms and gulls-a-plenty.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Dan Haas
> West Annapolis, MD
> 
> http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/
>