Date:         Sun, 4 May 2003 16:38:03 EDT
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From:         Elise Kreiss <EKreiss@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Spotty Luck; Veery Good Day!
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The day began with a thin drizzle, but looked up
as Paul and I walked down a side street to access
Leakin Park and saw both a Veery and an Indigo
Bunting actually on the road.   Two Cardinals then
set down and squared off face to face, wings drooping.

It's uncommon to find sandpipers in the park, and we
were fortunate this morning to have long looks at a
Spotted Sandpiper bobbing over the rocks in the Gwynns Falls.
Highlights also included a much put upon Barred Owl,
and an Orchard Oriole singing on a tree snag.   We saw
a Baltimore Oriole shortly afterwards, and actually saw
(as opposed to merely heard) several Wood Thrush and Veerys.
Also, we had several good looks at a singing Northern
Waterthrush; one of 13 warbler species seen.

Interesting sights included a Hummingbird chasing off a
White-throated Sparrow; and two Bluegray Gnatcatchers
harassing a Grackle.    The Barred Owl was chased from
an evergreen to a second vine-covered tree where two persistent
Crows fluttered wings in its face and pecked in the vicinity
of its head.   I saw one Crow pulling at vines with its beak,
and wondered what that was about.   A third Crow took more
of a back seat, as did a Blue Jay.    We also saw a nesting Robin,
and one of a pair of Phoebes take nesting materials under a bridge.

The list is below; we only took the trouble to count some of the birds.

 1. Mallard
 2. Turkey Vulture
 3. Cooper's Hawk
 4.  Red-shouldered Hawk
 5.  Red-tailed Hawk
 6.  SPOTTED SANDPIPER (1)
 7.  Gull sp.
 8.  Rock Dove
 9.  Mourning Dove
10. Barred Owl
11. Chimney Swifts
12. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (3)
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker
14. Downy Woodpecker
15. Northern Flicker
16. Eastern Phoebe
17. N. Rough-winged Swallows
18. Blue Jay
19. American Crow
20. Carolina Chickadee
21. Tufted Titmouse
22. White-breasted Nuthatch
23. Carolina Wren
24. House Wren (3)
25. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (1)
26. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
27. Veery (4)
28. Wood Thrush (9)
29. American Robin
30. Gray Catbird
31. Northern Mockingbird
32. European Starling
33. White-eyed Vireo
34. Red-eyed Vireo
35. NASHVILLE WARBLER (1)
36. NORTHERN PARULA (3)
37. YELLOW WARBLER (2)
38. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (4)
39. MAGNOLIA WARBLER (1)
40. BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (4)
41. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (9)
42. BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (3)
43. BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (3)
44. AMERICAN REDSTART (1)
45. OVENBIRD (1)
46. NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (1)
47. COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (4)
48. Northern Cardinal
49. INDIGO BUNTING (4)
50. Eastern Towhee
51. Song Sparrow
52. White-throated Sparrow
53. Red-winged Blackbird
54. Common Grackle
55. Brown-headed Cowbird
56. ORCHARD ORIOLE (1)
57. BALTIMORE ORIOLE (1)
58. House Finch
59. American Goldfinch
60. House Sparrow

Elise Kreiss
Baltimore, MD 21216

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