Hi all,
A damp start to the day, then rather dark and gloomy for a while, sun finally breaking through. More birders about today. But this was, for WRP, a rather slow day or perhaps, a frustrating day would be a better term as the birds wanted to be uncooperative -- staying high in the trees, or behind vines, or melting away just as we started to get to grips with them. Barry and I tallied 8 species of warbler, there were 11 seen in toto (Jeff Shenot saw Yellow, Blackburnian and Baybreast which we missed) but numbers not particularly high; several of the Empids seen remained frustratingly unidentified as well. The cold front which seems on the way should shake things up a bit, we hope!
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD
Highlights:
Green Heron 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Chimney Swift 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 7
Acadian Flycatcher 1 called
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 2
Empidonax sp. 2
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 1
Common Grackle X huge flock seen on drive into park -- estimated 800+ birds
Baltimore Oriole 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 ( http://ebird.org )
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