Hi all,

Joy and Mike Bowen, Brad Bukema, Brent and Mary Byers, Kathy Calvert, Sandy
Farkas, Diane Ford, Joe Hanfman, Kurt Schwarz, Susan Volman, Dave Webb, Leo
Weigant, and I had an excellent time birding most of Garrett County on
Saturday 21 May 2011.  The best part of the day was excellent migrant and
resident bird diversity. Finzel swamp held exciting birds including OLIVE
-SIDED FLYCATCHER (found by Tom Feild and Bill Hubick shortly before our
arrival) that was singing almost the entire time of our visit, WILSON'S
WARBLER, RUFFED GROUSE, SORA, and VIRGINIA RAIL.  We continued on stopping
at Piney Reservoir where we had our only BANK SWALLOW of the day, Little
Meadows Lake and Campground held two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERs, we continued
on to Pea Ridge Road where we had HENSLOW'S SPARROWs, SAVANNAH SPARROWs,
BOBOLINKs, and a VESPER SPARROW that sang 3 times.  At Russell Road, we
found another VESPER SPARROW, and Kathy Calvert found her closeout NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRDs.  Along Savage River Road we located a couple of LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSHes, many NORTHERN PARULAs, CANADA WARBLERs , and a ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK nest.  Frank Brenneman Road was quiet, but we were able to locate
most of the regularly occuring birds as they foraged in the canopy because
the trees were down-slope of us most were at or below eye level.  We were
able to watch a pair of CERULEAN WARBLERs as they foraged.  We continued on
Through Snaggy Mountain Road where we located a pair of DARK-EYED JUNCOs, a
singing BROWN CREEPER, and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.  A quick stop at Broadford
Lake yielded two alternate plumaged HORNED GREBEs, another RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER, two RUDDY DUCKs, and a COMMON LOON.  We ended in the Pleasant
Valley with PURPLE MARTINs, and RED-HEADED WOODPECKERs being our last new
species of the day.  Our final tally was 116 species, it was an excellent
day to be out and about with everyone!!

Complete list-

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
HORNED GREBE
Double-crested Cormorant
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail
Sora
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Good Birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
Croom, MD

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