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Birding Howard County, Maryland

Photographs from Savage Park

Entrance Sign
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Photos by Jo Solem
Main Building Plaza
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Main Building
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Pavillion and Ball Field
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Rapids at the Fall Line of the Little Patuxent River Fishing on a Placid River
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Photos by Bob Solem

Savage had a railroad serving the quarries, and there are remnants of the mill races in the park.

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Photos by Bob Solem

Continue west along the Little Patuxent River to connect to the Patuxent Branch Trail

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Photos by Jo Solem

But while you are strolling, look for fungi.

Squat Mushroom
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Rosy Polypore
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Hen of the Woods
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Two-colored Bolete
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Red-pored Bolete
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Common Puffball
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Coral Woodcrust
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Dryad's Saddle
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Squat Mushroom, Hen of the Woods, Common Puffball, and Coral Woodscrust by Wesley Earp; others by Jo Solem

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