Hi all,
Well, I did say it would get better! Lots of action early, died off pretty much by 9:30 AM but in that period very exciting! We had 7 species of warbler and a few other migrants. Best bird by far was a first autumn MOURNING WARBLER seen for about 2 minutes (out of 20 standing and looking at the patch of weeds where it was lurking!) in the Shorefield area of the park -- rather similar to first-fall female MOWA illustration in Peterson "Warbler" guide but brighter uniform yellow underparts from upper breast through undertail coverts, brownish head and breast-band with pale yellow throat, thin white eyering broken in front and back of eye, undertail coverts rather long, & compared to nearby Common Yellowthroats, a hair longer and obviously bulkier. It called several times with a rather loud chip note whilst foraging in low scrub and yellow-flowering sunflower-like plants. We had several passages of active migrant flocks, one consisting almost entirely of Redstarts and Chestnut-sideds, another more exciting with two BLUE-WINGS and two adult CANADAS as well as the ever-present Redstarts and Chestnuts. The only Empid seen today was of the "Traill's" variety, probably Willow based on general structure & fairly dull coloring. Still large number of Pewees flitting about.
Full eBird list below.
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD
Wheaton Regional Park and Brookside Gardens, Montgomery, US-MD
Aug 17, 2012 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: sunny, getting warm early, several active migrant flocks, action died down at about 9:30 AM
45 species (+3 other taxa)
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 7
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 10
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
crow sp. 3
swallow sp. 1 distant fly-over
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 20 estimate
Gray Catbird 12
European Starling 15
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Mourning Warbler 1 first-autumn (probable) female
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 15
Northern Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 8
Canada Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 18 including pure white individual
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 ( http://ebird.org )
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