Nothing too surprising at LB yesterday. Got there earlier than usual,
and was almost deafened by the "dawn chorus" - there were so many birds
singing that it was hard to separate them.
Best bird was a singing Cape May Warbler; I've heard a couple singing
there in the last few years, but this is the first I've managed to see
at LB since 1995. (They seem to sing from the very tops of big trees,
so they're difficult to see singing unless you can get far enough away,
not be screened, and still be close enough to make out the bird.) The
Yellow Warblers are back in force - there were at least 5 singing in the
100 yards between the parking lot and the MD121 bridge. Also 3
Yellow-throated Vireos near the bridge - I've never found them there
before. There were several Louisiana Waterthrushes singing around the
footbridge a couple of hundred yards west of the MD121 bridge (don't
remember the trail name) - that's new too (for me anyway).
Strange miss - didn't see any chickadees until I got home.
Bob Hartman
Colesville, MD
Black Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2/h
Mourning Dove 2 10/h
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1/h
Common Nighthawk 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2/f
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4/h
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3/h
Pileated Woodpecker 2/h
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1/cs 1/h
Acadian Flycatcher 4/h
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1/h
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Wren 8/h
House Wren 1/h
Gray Catbird 12 10/h
Eastern Bluebird 1/m 1/f
Wood Thrush 15/h
American Robin 4 6/h
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 8/h
Tufted Titmouse 5/h
American Crow 6/h
White-eyed Vireo 1/cs 15/h
Yellow-throated Vireo 5/h
Red-eyed Vireo 2/cs 8/h
Northern Parula 2 10/h
Yellow Warbler 3/cs 6/h
Cape May Warbler 1/cs
Prairie Warbler 1/cs 12/h
Worm-eating Warbler 2/h
Louisiana Waterthrush 1/cs 4/h
Common Yellowthroat 10/h
Eastern Towhee 8/h
Chipping Sparrow 1/cs 5/h
Field Sparrow 8/h
Northern Cardinal 8 8/h
Indigo Bunting 8/h
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 1/cs 2/h
House Finch 2 4/h
American Goldfinch 10 5/h |