Date: 9/17/12 9:03 am
From: Laura Rinier <armytech021...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Swamp Sparrows - Carroll County, MD


The Sparrow season is well on it's way with the arrival of a couple Swamp Sparrows up at Hashawha/Bear Branch Nature Center. Warblers were VERY abundant as well. I spotted American Redstarts, Magnolias, B&W, Black-Throated Green, Common Yellowthroats, and a HUGE group of Tennessees! I would say I was surrounded in every direction by 15-20 Tennessee Warblers foraging from top to bottom of the different layers of canopies. It was incredible!

Good Birding!

Laura Rinier
New Windsor, MD

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