Carroll Co. Saturday
Robert Ringler (ringler@cct.infi.net)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 07:09:10 -0700
During the Fall Bird Count in Carroll County on Saturday I spent the
morning at McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State Park. It was the best
day yet this fall for migrant passerines including 11 species of
warblers. Here is a run-down of the non-resident songbirds: Pewee 7,
Acadian Flycatcher 2 (heard calling, not singing), Swainson's Thrush 1
(flew over calling), Wood Thrush 2 (heard calling), Catbird 1,
Yellow-throated Vireo 3 (heard singing or calling), Philadelphia Vireo 1,
Red-eyed Vireo 13 (including 1 singing), Parula 6, Chestnut-sided Warbler
5, Magnolia Warbler 9, Black-throated Blue 4, Black-throated Green 3,
Blackburnian Warbler 2, Bay-breasted Warbler 1, Black-&-white 9, Redstart
1 (incredibly my only one so far this fall in Carroll), Northern
Waterthrush 1, Yellowthroat 1, Scarlet Tanager 2. At Piney Run Park were
7 species of ducks including the first Wigeon of the season and a
summering Ring-necked Duck, and 5 species of herons including an immature
Black-crowned Night-Heron which is rare here. Shorebirds included the
first Snipe of the season at a pond in Westminster. The Harveys had
a Peregrine over their house in Sykesville. Other observers added
Prairie and Wilson's warblers to the total and collectively we found 96
species for the day.
Bob Ringler