This morning I walked from Cherry Hill Rd to the University
of Maryland along the Paint Branch Stream Valley Park trail
in PG County (first time in a while). I was rewarded with
several FOY birds (but very few warblers). The highlight
was an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON perched on a snag
at the swamp and later seen (I presume the same bird) at the
golf ponds stalking prey. I am confident of the ID, based
mostly on feather pattern (no prominent spots, dark gray
flight feathers) and bill color (uniform dark). My other
FOY birds were GREEN HERON (at the golf ponds), WARBLING
VIREO, WHITE-EYED VIREO, and BLUE GROSBEAK. Full eBird
report follows.
D
Location: Paint Branch Stream Valley Park
Observation date: 5/20/11
Notes: First time birding the trail in a while (first
time this year certainly). The immature Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron was seen well and fairly close (at the ponds).
Very few warblers evident (hardly any singing). Weather
started with very light fog burning off, wet ground/dripping
trees, calm, high cloud, cool; at 08h35: sun and cloud; at
09h25: mostly cloudy with stiff breeze. May have heard
Belted Kingfisher at the start and Brown-headed Cowbird a
couple of times. Also saw 1 Red Fox.
Number of species: 46 (+ 2 spuhs)
Canada Goose 14
Mallard 6 maybe 7; male & female
Great Blue Heron 1 maybe 2
GREEN HERON 1 at golf ponds
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 1 seen at swamp and golf
ponds (same bird?) -- ID from bill color (black), uniform
upperparts (no prominent spots like on BCNH), and dark gray
flight feathers.
Turkey Vulture 1
Accipiter sp. 1 probably Cooper's -- glimpsed only
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 perched on nearby snags at swamp
Killdeer 2
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 1 female
Downy Woodpecker 2 1 male, 1 female
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 heard only
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 heard only
Eastern Kingbird 4
WHITE-EYED VIREO 1 heard only; maybe 2
WARBLING VIREO 1 maybe 2
Red-eyed Vireo 9 heard only
Blue Jay 4 heard only
American Crow 2 heard only
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2 maybe 3
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 8 mostly males singing
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Wood Thrush 1 heard only
American Robin 9
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2 heard only
European Starling 11
Cedar Waxwing 50 approx, several flocks
Northern Parula 6 heard only
Common Yellowthroat 3 at least 1 male
warbler sp. 2 heard only
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 10 probably more; male & female
BLUE GROSBEAK 3 2 males, 1 female
Indigo Bunting 10 probably more; 1 female seen
Red-winged Blackbird 10 probably more; male & female
Common Grackle 20 probably more
Baltimore Oriole 1 male
American Goldfinch 20 probably more; male & female
House Sparrow 5 approx
This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org)
--
Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~dcr/personal.html
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