Date: 6/30/12 8:26 am
From: stan arnold <thrushhost...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Re: Blue Grosbeaks at Mears Farm Park


Keith/Jim

Has anyone found Blue-winged Warbler at Mears in recent years? I ask,
because Charlie Kucera and I atlased the area extensively for five years
(2002-2006), and not once did we find a Blue-winged Warbler there. The
convent was also covered extensively during the same period, and again, no
blue-wings.

Stan Arnold
Ferndale



On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Jim Wilkinson <lakekoshare...>wrote:

> On Friday, June 29, 2012 10:32:58 AM UTC-4, Keith Eric Costley wrote:
> > <font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Hoping to find a
> Blue-winged Warbler, I walked in the open fields at Mears Farm Park this
> morning. I enjoyed seeing/hearing nine Blue Grosbeak (including one young
> fledgling), seven Indigo Buntings and a family of Baltimore Oriole. Prairie
> Warblers were feeding young in several locations and two Yellow-breasted
> Chats were singing. No Blue-winged Warblers today.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mears Farm Park appears to part of Patapsco Valley State Park near
> Foxhall Farm Road (a private road) and Rolling Road in Catonsville. We
> permission granted, I usually park at Saint Johns United Church of Christ
> and walk down Foxhall to the gate.
> >
> >
> >
> > A video: <a href="
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/71571556@N04/7466825804/in/photostream/"
> target="_blank">www.flickr.com/photos/<WBR>71571556@N04
> /7466825804/in/<WBR>photostream/</a>
> >
> > The eBird list: <a href="
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11065887" target="_blank">
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/<WBR>checklist?subID=S11065887</a>
> >
> >
> >
> > Keith Eric Costley
> >
> >
> > Randallstown, Baltimore County
> >
> > </span></font>
> > </div>
>
> Keith,
>
> Your post brought back memories of birding in that area when I lived in
> Baltimore. I remember finding Blue-winged Warbler in either Foxhall Farm
> or the St Gabriel Retreat Center grounds.
>
> Jim Wilkinson
> Columbia, MD
>
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