Sorry for the late post. Yesterday (Sunday) I spent much of the morning at
Patuxent River Park at Milltown Landing. At first light I had displaying
AMERICAN WOODCOCK and calling WILD TURKEY before even getting out of the car.
Sparrows were numerous, as usual here, with a surprising 5+ AMERICAN TREE
SPARROWs, and good numbers of other species including FIELD (many singing),
SAVANNAH, FOX (2), SONG, SWAMP, WHITE-THROATED and WHITE-CROWNED.
At around 8:30 I was in the duck blind on the creek separating this section
of the park from Aquasco Farm, hoping for rails. Instead I heard what I
believe was a SEDGE WREN calling from the marsh grasses across the creek. The
call was a low, bouncy, almost buzzy "chaddd" note repeated several times.
A couple of audio playbacks failed to get a response, except to make the
bird stop calling, but did convince me that what I heard wasn't a
Yellowthroat. I haven't heard a whole lot of SEWR's but the call has always struck me
as distinctive and "twangier" than the warbler. This bird sounded exactly
like the last Sedge Wren call series on the Stokes CD. I hope someone else
has a chance to check this out at dawn or dusk.
On the way home I stopped to see the TRUMPETER SWAN at Patuxent South.
Sorry, Kurt, for not mentioning the wren, but I'd already put it out of my
mind.
Joel Martin
Catonsville, MD
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