Hi all,
A pleasant if a bit slow morning at Wheaton Regional Park. Barry and I met Woody and Rae Dubois at the parking lot and we four birded the scrubby areas beyond the carousel and down along Pine Lake. Activity was limited, with only one small feeding flock, and scattered individuals. An obvious decline in flycatchers (no Empids, fewer Pewees) and a small influx of Yellowthroats, but we managed to scape up 8 species of warbler. We enjoyed close views of a Northern Waterthrush that, apparently oblivious to our presence, teetered along the edge of the lake where a small stream comes in, bathing, flicking leaves, and looking for his breakfast!
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD
Link to full eBird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11408633
Highlights:
Green Heron 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Red-eyed Vireo 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 6 4 of these appeared to be recent fledglings
Northern Waterthrush 1 probably same bird as yesterday; along small damp area feeding into lake; watched for some time bathing, walking and feeding by picking at edges of water and flipping dead leaves
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 4 1 adult male
Northern Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 15
Baltimore Oriole 2
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