new eBird hotspot in Howard County: Daedalus Pond

59 views

Skip to first unread message

Clayton Koonce

unread,

Jun 25, 2017, 8:15:35 AM6/25/17

to Maryland & DC Birding

The pond is next to the Daedalus Books and Music Warehouse and Outlet on Gerwig Lane in Columbia. I recently submitted it for hotspot status, and it was approved. If you have done lists at this location, please consider merging them with the new hotspot. (See note on parking below.)

Here is the current overview on eBird:

http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L4716866

And my Flickr album showing habitat and fauna at Daedalus Pond:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134809780@N03/albums/72157671913040010

Parking:

The pond is not visible from the main customer parking lot for Daedalus. I usually park there and walk along the edge of the corporate parking lot beside the warehouse down to the south end of the pond where the best view is available. On weekends -- and maybe on week days -- I sometimes park in the corporate lot closer to the south end if I'm not going into the outlet. Tractor-trailer rigs pull into that lot to get to the warehouse loading docks, but I have not seen them that often.

The eBird reviewer asked me about public access before approving. It's not posted no trespassing, and I have not had any problems in over a year of looking at the pond. Sometimes, warehouse employees are using the picnic tables provided for them near the south end. It is a stormwater management pond, probably maintained by the county.