HI all --
Quite a few of us out at Wheaton Regional today, not as active as we had hoped (no major fall-out nor new species for the autumn for us). Fair activity early with diurnal migrants and some raptors. Obvious decline of catbirds and robins in WRP but this was made up for by hordes of them in Brookside Gardens (BG) proper, which we visited from 10:15 to 10:45. We missed Dave Gersten's Wilson's and Purple Finch, alas. Many jays passing overhead, and several accipiters to enliven the morning (and enrage the resident Red-shoulders). We had 10 species of warbler. After WRP got breezy, we found the more sheltered BG still active and especially good for fruit-eaters, including several Swainson's Thrushes and more Red-eyes than we saw in WRP.
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD
Highlights:
Wood Duck 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 in Gardens
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 20 estimate
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Merlin 1 fly-over @ about 10:45; mobbing crow over Brookside Gardens
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Red-eyed Vireo 12 more in gardens than in WRP
Blue Jay 150 at least
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
Swainson's Thrush 4 3 in Brookside Gardens at sweet gum
American Robin 150 estimate; relatively few in WRP (although several fly-over flocks) but abundant everywhere in Brookside Gardens at fruiting trees
Gray Catbird 30 only about 10-12 in WRP; abundant in Brookside Gardens (at fruiting trees/shrubs)
Brown Thrasher 2
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Tennessee Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 7
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 15 6-7 in Brookside
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Chipping Sparrow 6
Scarlet Tanager 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 8
Indigo Bunting 1
American Goldfinch 20 estimate; large flock at Brookside Nature Ctr. visiting feeders
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