Frances & I spent a long but entertaining day doing a May
count in the Laurel area, including an extended visit to
Rocky Gorge Reservoir/Supplee Lane, and of course some time
watching our feeders. Top birds, all at the reservoir:
COMMON LOON, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, and CANADA WARBLER.
Here's our complete checklist for the day:
Date: May 12, 2007
Number of Species 74
Number of Individuals 834
Canada Goose 53
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 41
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 5
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 5
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Ring-billed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 28
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 11
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 13
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 20
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 9
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 14
American Robin 89
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 16
European Starling 173
Cedar Waxwing 7
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 7
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Ovenbird 7
Common Yellowthroat 6
Canada Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 11
Chipping Sparrow 13
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 11
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 26
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 44
Brown-headed Cowbird 16
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 8
House Finch 13
American Goldfinch 17
House Sparrow 46
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Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
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