Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 18:04:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Steve Sanford Subject: Summary of British Birder's Local Visit (list) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This is the list of birds seen in central Maryland and one day on the Delaware coast, May 2 to May 13, 2002 by visiting British birder, Tony Eveleigh. Background info and a note from Tony are in the "...Preface" message. Common Loon _ Fort McHenry - Outer Harbour Double Crested Cormorant * _ - Great Blue Heron * _ - Great Egret _ - Snowy Egret _ - Green Heron _ Inner Harbour Baltimore Black Crowned Night Heron _ Lake Roland Dam Yellow Crowned Night Heron * _ Milford Mill Park Black Vulture * _ Viewed to 3 feet at Conowingo Dam Turkey Vulture * _ - Canada Goose _ - Mute Swan _ - Wood Duck * _ Pair seen Eckard Rd (NE Carroll Co) American Black Duck _ Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Mallard _ - Blue Winged Teal _ - Lesser Scaup _ Juv Inner Harbour Baltimore Bufflehead _ Juv Inner Harbour Baltimore Osprey _ C4 seen together Annapolis Harbour- Bald Eagle * _ C2 Adults and C2 Juv Conowingo Dam Northern Harrier _ Port Mahon Road Delaware Sharp-Shinned Hawk * _ - Cooper?s Hawk * _ Western Rd - N Balto Co Red Shouldered Hawk * _ - Red-Tailed Hawk * _ - Northern Bobwhite * _ (H) Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Clapper Rail * _ C3 seen Misspillion Beach Delaware King Rail * _ (H) Port Mahon Beach Delaware Common Moorhen _ Port Mahon Beach-Delaware Black Bellied Plover _ Delaware Bay American Golden-Plover _ Juv Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Semipalmated Plover _ Lake Roland Killdeer * _ Pair with C2 Juv Marriottsville Rd American Oystercatcher * _ C4 Misspillion Beach Delaware Black Necked Stilt * _ Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware American Avocet * _ C13 Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Greater Yellowlegs * _ Patuxent North Tract Lesser Yellowlegs _ Lake Roland Solitary Sandpiper _ - Willet * _ Bombay Hook Refuge-Delaware Spotted Sandpiper _ - Ruddy Turnstone _ Port Mahon Road Delaware Sanderling _ Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Semipalmated Sandpiper _ Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Western Sandpiper * _ Single Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Least Sandpiper * _ - Dunlin _ Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Short Billed Dowitcher _ Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Laughing Gull _ Delaware Bay Ring Billed Gull _ - Herring Gull _ - Great Black-Backed Gull _ Conowingo Dam Caspian Tern _ Conowingo Dam Forster?s Tern _ Fort McHenry Outer Harbour Rock Dove _ - Mourning Dove * _ - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo _ C and O Canal- Great Horned Owl * _ Adult with Juvenile - Cromwell Valley Barred Owl * _ C and O Canal Common Nighthawk * _ Johns Hopkins Stadium in thunderstorm Chimney Swift _ Only species seen each day Ruby-Throated Hummingbird * _ - Belted Kingfisher * _ Liberty Dam Red-Headed Woodpecker * _ Eckard Rd - NE Carroll Co Red-Bellied Woodpecker * _ - Downy Woodpecker * _ - Hairy Woodpecker * _ Rt 136 - N Harford Co Northern Flicker * _ - Pileated Woodpecker * _ Rt 136 - N Harford Co Eastern Wood-Pewee * _ Milford Mill Park Acadian Flycatcher * _ Lake Roland Eastern Phoebe * _ Nesting Sykesville Great Crested Flycatcher * _ Lake Roland Western Kingbird * _ Fort McHenry on fence surrounding fort Eastern Kingbird * _ - White-eyed Vireo * _ Soldiers Delight Yellow-throated Vireo * _ Lake Roland Blue-headed Vireo * _ Lake Roland Warbling Vireo * _ Susquehanna State Park Red-eyed Vireo _ - Blue Jay * _ - American Crow * _ - Fish Crow * _ Patuxent North Tract Horned Lark _ Single in field close Delaware Bay Purple Martin * _ Patuxent North Tract Tree Swallow * _ - Northern Rough-winged Swallow * _ Liberty Dam Cliff Swallow _ Sykesville Barn Swallow _ - Carolina Chickadee * _ - Tufted Titmouse * _ - White-breasted Nuthatch * _ Soldiers Delight Carolina Wren * _ Wyman Park House Wren * _ Wyman Park Marsh Wren * _ Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Ruby-crowned Kinglet * _ Soldiers Delight Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * _ - Eastern Bluebird * _ - Veery * _ Milford Mill Park Swainson?s Thrush _ Mill at Susquehanna SP Wood Thrush * _ - American Robin * _ - Gray Catbird * _ - Northern Mockingbird * _ - Brown Thrasher * _ Cromwell Valley European Starling _ - Cedar Waxwing _ C4 Wymans Park Blue-winged Warbler * _ Powells Run Road - W Balto Co Nashville Warbler * _ Lake Roland Northern Parula * _ Liberty Dam Trail Yellow Warbler * _ Eckard Rd (NE Carroll Co) Chestnut-sided Warbler * _ Milford Mill Park Magnolia Warbler * _ Lake Roland Black-throated Blue Warbler * _ Soldiers Delight Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler * _ Soldiers Delight Black-throated Green Warbler * _ Soldiers Delight Blackburnian Warbler * _ Milford Mill Park Yellow-throated Warbler * _ Susquehanna SP Pine Warbler * _ Soldiers Delight Prairie Warbler * _ Soldiers Delight Blackpoll Warbler _ C and O Canal Cerulean Warbler * _ Susquehanna NP Black-and-White Warbler _ Soldiers Delight American Redstart * _ Patuxent North Tract Prothonotary Warbler * _ Patuxent North Tract Worm-eating Warbler * _ Lake Roland Ovenbird * _ Soldiers Delight Northern Waterthrush * _ Milford Mill Park Louisiana Waterthrush * _ Patuxent North Tract Kentucky Warbler * _ (H) Susquehanna SP Elusive species Common Yellowthroat _ Soldiers Delight Hooded Warbler * _ Soldiers Delight Wilson?s Warbler * _ Lake Roland Canada Warbler * _ Lake Roland Yellow-breasted Chat * _ Soldiers Delight Summer Tanager * _ Patuxent North Tract - Late PM Scarlet Tanager * _ Liberty Dam Trail Eastern Towhee * _ Henryton Road Chipping Sparrow * _ - Field Sparrow * _ Soldiers Delight First bird seen Savannah Sparrow * _ Piney Grove Rd - N Balto Co Grasshopper Sparrow * _ Piney Grove Rd - N Balto Co Seaside Sparrow * _ Port Mahon Road Song Sparrow * _ - Lincoln?s Sparrow * _ Fort McHenry Nature Reserve Swamp Sparrow * _ Powells Run Road White-throated Sparrow * _ Henryton Road White-crowned Sparrow * _ Eckard Rd (NE Carroll Co) Northern Cardinal * _ - Rose-breasted Grosbeak * _ Milford Mill Road Blue Grosbeak * _ Patuxent North Tract Indigo Bunting * _ Soldiers Delight Dickcissel * _ Western Rd - N Balto Co Bobolink * _ Thornton Mill Rd - N Balto Co Red-winged Blackbird * _ - Eastern Meadowlark * _ Marriottsville Rd Common Grackle * _ - Boat-tailed Grackle * _ Port Mahon Road Brown-headed Cowbird * _ - Orchard Oriole * _ Patuxent North Tract Baltimore Oriole * _ Lake Roland House Finch * _ - American Goldfinch * _ I could watch this bird every day House Sparrow _ - Total Species seen 164, * Total New Species 118 [i.e. "life-birds"] Duration of bird watching from Thursday May 2, 2002 until Monday May 13, 2002 NB All species seen in Maryland State unless marked Delaware All locations shown are for the first sighting of species "C4" = Count 4 of species seen Weather Warm and Sunny, exception May 9 which was overcast with low cloud and light rain during visit to Susquehanna NP. Reference species not marked with * these have already been seen by myself in Great Britain or retain same title as in Western Paleartic region. Species looked for but not found:- Hooded Merganser Possible BWI Airport on my arrival Upland Sandpiper Dover Delaware American Kestrel Possible sighting Penn station Ring Necked Pheasant (H) only by Marian Delaware Wilson?s Phalarope Bombay Hook Refuge Delaware Willow Flycatcher (H) only Cromwell Valley by Steve and Elliot Palm Warbler Seen by Steve at Soldiers Delight Monk Parakeet Seen by all building nest feral species Butterfly Species: Clouded Sulphur, Spicebush Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail, Zebra Swallowtail, Painted Lady, Comma, Cabbage White, Pearl Crescent, Silver Spotted Skipper Animal Species: Chipmunk, Red Fox,Ground Hog, Grey Squirrel, Eastern Painted Turtle, White tailed Deer, Two species of Lizard at Great Falls NP not identified Brown Water Snake Lake Roland, Black Snake Loch Raven Dragonfly/Damselfly Species: White Banded Dragonfly not identified, Dark Brown wing patched Dragonfly not identified Forwarded by: Steve Sanford tanager@bcpl.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================