Garrett County Ponds Trip Report

Garrett County Ponds Trip Report

Recent Sightings

We had a great Trip on Saturday 4/8/06
Finzel Swamp
Wood Duck - 4
Mallard - 4
American Green-winged Teal - 2
Virginia Rail - 1 (calling)
Ruffed Grouse - 1 (drumming)
Song Sparrow - 5
Swamp Sparrow - 5

Piney Reservoir
Common Loon - 8
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
Double-Crested Cormorant - 20
Great Blue Heron - 4
Canada Goose - 10
Mallard - 2
Gadwall - 4
Bufflehead - 2
Lesser Scaup - 8
Red-breasted Merganser - 10
Bald Eagle - 1 (Adult)
Osprey - 2
Tree Swallow - 40
American Robin - 1

Meadows Campground
Common Loon - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Killdeer - 1
Common Grackle - 15
Red-winged Blackbird - 20

Cumberland Terminus (unofficial; before & after the trip)
Great-blue Heron - 4
Great Egret - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Herring Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 12
Lesser Scaup - 6
Red-breasted Merganser - 2
Mallard - 12

All #'s are approximate and the list is what I still remembered Sunday morning (when I wrote this).
Members (real and prospective) attending:
Roy B., Bill N., Ray K., Charlotte F., Barbara & George G., J.B. C., Mike L., Alan G.,