This evening I watched a Short-eared Owl fly out of the overgrown new
impoundment at Swan Harbor Farm. I was looking for the Orange-crowned
Warbler reported Sunday by Elaine Hendricks when the owl flushed from the
impoundment, made a wide circle around me and headed toward the marshy
impoundment where it was attacked by crows. I made a video with my phone
through binoculars, but am still trying to edit that and will post it
tomorrow. The owl got away from the crows and began to gain altitude
toward the NE where I finally lost it as it approached the bay. This was
only my 3rd Short-eared Owl ever for Harford!
I knew Josh Emm was on his way and tried to get a hold of him, but he was
busy watching Yellow Palm Warblers on the drive in instead of looking at me
frantically waving my arms and yelling to him.
Otherwise, the only shorebirds I saw were Killdeer and Snipe. Blue-winged
and Green-winged Teal are still present as is a Lesser Scaup. Pied-billed
Grebes are calling regular in both the new impoundments and the marshy
impoundment. There are at least 2 males in the marshy impoundment. Josh
and I flushed a lot of Savannah Sparrows along the cornfield edges, but
failed to turn up a Vesper.
Before I left home, a Yellow Palm Warbler was hanging with the bluebirds
along the road. A new yard bird!
Good birding!
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
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