Merkle Wildlife Refuge in prince George's County on 04/20
Highlights: 54 Caspian Terns sitting on a tidal bar on the patuxent River,
6 Yellow-throated Warblers
Full List:
Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary, Prince George's, US-MD Apr 20, 2013 7:00 AM -
11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
58 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck 7
American Wigeon 1 A single male was sitting on the pond in clear view;
top of the head was white etc
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 9
Turkey Vulture 14
Osprey 7
Northern Harrier 2
Accipiter sp. 1 Coops or Sharpy
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Ring-billed Gull 9
Caspian Tern 54 54 of Caspian's were simultaneous sitting on a tidal
bar of the Patuxent River on a falling tide; all red bills and chunky size
were the key marks. Similar in size to an adjacent sitting Ring-billed Gull
Forster's Tern 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 14
Tree Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 6
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Eastern Bluebird 4
Wood Thrush 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling X
Ovenbird 6
Common Yellowthroat 8
Hooded Warbler 1
Northern Parula 5
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 6 This bird is a common breeder in Merkle,
which has a large number of tall Virginia Pines. At three separate
locations we IDed two species. We spent over 45 minutes looking at
Yellow-throated Warbler's, as the Park Ranger's were very interested. The
yellow throat and complementary black stripe on each side of the throat,
and grey back were diagnostic. All bird were located high in the trees, so
ID was challenging, but the IDs were all positively made. Also, we located
all sites at first by the tui-tui ... song of the birds
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 7
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 1
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Good Birding!
Taylor McLean
Towson, MD
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