Went up after work today; did not get Bobolink, but got my Harford County PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. There were 2 in the open impoundments on the right side of the entrance road (as you're driving in), along with 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and plenty of LEAST/SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and KILLDEER. I was able to photograph all 6 shorebirds. Other highlights included YELLOW WARBLER, a flyover BANK SWALLOW, 8+ BLACK VULTURES, 8+ BALD EAGLES, MARSH WREN, and a very healthy colony of PURPLE MARTINS. Most confusing was a family group of flycatchers near the parking lot, which had largish heads and pumped their tails (like Eastern Phoebes) but had clear buffy wingbars (like Eastern Wood-Pewees). I'm counting them as pewees.
Tim Carney
Baltimore/Anne Arundel
On Sunday, July 29, 2012 10:32:20 PM UTC-4, Timothy Houghton wrote:
> A congenial group of 8 people--representing a large range of birding experience--had a great time this morning at Swan Harbor Farm in Harford County. 2 bobolinks in the middle of the new/right/vegetation-covered impoundment were the highlight. Some other particular favorites included many bald eagles (of varied plumage), 4 shorebird species (least sandpiper, killdeer, lesser yellowlegs, solitary sandpiper), a green heron, a double-crested cormorant, and indigo buntings. Bees, wasps, and butterflies were active. We saw a cicada killer with a cicada drop down and go into a tunnel, and we had 4 species of swallowtail: tiger, spicebush, zebra, and black.
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