Date:         Wed, 10 May 2000 05:39:32 -0700
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From:         Greg Miller <hawk-owl@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      St Marys Co birds 5/9-10
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Howdy All!

I was out early yesterday (5/9).  I spent 15 minutes
in the yard (5:45-6:00am) and then drove to Pt Lookout
where I birded from 6:45-7:30am.  With an hour of
birding time, I had a total of 87 species for the
morning!  How exciting!

I spent 45 minutes (6:45-7:30am) between the point and
Ft Lincoln this morning.  Though very windy (25-30mph
winds), I found birding to be quite productive.

2 Cape May Warbler (singing near the Civil War
monument & Ft Lincoln)
2 Hooded Warbler (monument & Ft Lincoln)
9 Pine Warbler (everywhere)
4 Com Yellowthroat (point & Ft Lincoln)
1 Northern Waterthrush (Ft Lincoln)
1 Yellow Warbler (Ft Lincoln)
2 Magnolia Warbler (Ft Lincoln)
1 Blue-winged Warbler (Ft Lincoln)
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Ft Lincoln)
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Ft Lincoln)
1 Black-and-white Warbler (Ft Lincoln)

1 Black-bellied Plover (beach on Potomac side between
point and picnic area)
2 Greater Yellowlegs (ponds at point)
1 Lesser Yellowlegs (ponds at point)
1 Solitary Sandpiper (ponds at point)

1 House Wren (point)
1 Baltimore Oriole (Ft Lincoln)
1 Veery (Ft Lincoln)

I went out to Pt Lookout again last night after work,
hoping to pick up some of the birds I'd missed (Patty
Craig had gone later in the morning and had Tennessee
Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Cerulean Warbler).
Last night was the dregs compared to the morning.
Only 5 warblers (yellowthroat, pine, redstart, b-t
blue, parula), and plenty of ticks and mosquitos.  I
spent some time at dusk at Cornfield Harbor, but with
no birds at all.

I drove up to the St Marys County airport and cruised
Airport View Dr and Hayden Dr listening for night
birds.  I counted 8 calling Chucks, but no Whips or
Nighthawks.

This morning (5/10), I birded the Red Trail at
Greenwell St Pk.  It was slow, but a couple good birds
were present.  I found a Gray-cheeked Thrush (near the
cut pines) and a singing Mourning Warbler in the
tangles behind the old, abandoned house.

Of interest was a Mockingbird doing a great impression
of an Alder Flycatcher!  I wonder where it learned
*that* call...  This Mocker is in the primary growth
field southeast of the abandoned house.

-Greg Miller
Hollywood, MD

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