Hi Everyone,

Recent reports from the area prompted me to spend yesterday afternoon hiking around Fran Uhler Natural Area in Prince George's County. I had 13 species of warbler, including BLUE-WINGED, MAGNOLIA, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, as well as close-up views of SWAINSON'S THRUSH and VEERY.

Canada Goose--3
Black Vulture--1
WILD TURKEY--1; called across the river in AA Co.
Red-shouldered Hawk--1; began calling in response to the Barred Owls
Mourning Dove--1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo--1
Barred Owl--6; group of three, another two, and then a single bird; a seventh across the river in AA Co.
Chimney Swift--1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--1
Red-bellied Woodpecker--4
Downy Woodpecker--1
Hairy Woodpecker--4
Pileated Woodpecker--2; one calling, another flew in to investigate my pishing
Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
Acadian Flycatcher--15
Eastern Phoebe--1
Great Crested Flycatcher--1
Eastern Kingbird--2
White-eyed Vireo--3
Yellow-throated Vireo--2
Red-eyed Vireo--16
American Crow--3
Carolina Chickadee--6
Tufted Titmouse--8
White-breasted Nuthatch--3
Carolina Wren--7
House Wren--3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--19
Eastern Bluebird--3
VEERY--1 seen
SWAINSON'S THRUSH--3; one singing, two seen
Wood Thrush--10
American Robin--2
Gray Catbird--5
Brown Thrasher--1
European Starling--2
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER--2; both seen well; one in the open power line cut area, one in the wooded edge before the river trail; my second and third in P.G. County
Northern Parula--6
Magnolia Warbler--1; adult male
Pine Warbler--4; singing
Prairie Warbler--1; singing
Black-and-white Warbler--1
American Redstart--11
Prothonotary Warbler--2
Ovenbird--7
Northern Waterthrush--2; both singing; one came in to pishing
Common Yellowthroat--6
Hooded Warbler--1
Yellow-breasted Chat--1
Scarlet Tanager--5
Eastern Towhee--4
Field Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--1
Northern Cardinal--9
Indigo Bunting--10
Red-winged Blackbird--2
Brown-headed Cowbird--2
American Goldfinch--8

Good birding!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com