Hi all,
Cool, breezy and sunny are perhaps not the best combination for birding but certainly a lovely morning to be out in Wheaton Regional Park -- I didn't expect many migrants so was not disappointed when I saw "0" new species. However all the robins, chipping sparrows, cardinals et al. singing, as well as the redbuds and crab apples in bloom were a pleasant diversion. The best bird was a bright FOX SPARROW at the Brookside Nature Center feeders, seems late for one -- his friends in WRP proper were gone by the 3rd week in March. I also saw a few butterflies, including an American painted lady and some Juvenal's duskywings.
Full eBird report below.
Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD
Wheaton Regional Park and Brookside Gardens, Montgomery, US-MD
Apr 5, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: cool, breezy & sunny; no new migrants, a few lingering wintering birds
37 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 9
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 12
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
crow sp. 4
Tree Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 35 best estimate
European Starling 4
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 7
Fox Sparrow 1 at Brookside Nature Ctr. feeders; rather late sighting
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 ( http://ebird.org )
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