Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 21:54:58 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Joel Martin Subject: 20 Warblers at Rockburn Branch MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This morning before work I hit a few spots in Rockburn Branch Park, Howard County, and picked up 16 warbler species in about an hour. Encouraged by the activity, and having never reached the magic number of 20 in a day, I went back to Rockburn at lunchtime and found the last 4. The names: Blue-winged - 1 (#20) Nashville - 1 seen well, singing Northern Parula ~4 Chestnut-sided - 1 Magnolia - 6+, really out in force Black-throated Blue - 2 Myrtle - 5 Black-throated Green - 5+, buzzing all over Prairie - 2 Blackpoll - 6 Black-and-white - 2 Redstart - 1 Ovenbird - 2 N. Waterthrush - 1 L. Waterthrush - 1 Kentucky - 1 heard only, but so close I could've smelled it Yellowthroat - 4 Hooded - 1 seen singing, sharing territory with the Kentucky Canada - 1 Chat - 4+ I always try to visually ID the Hooded's because I still sometimes have trouble separating them from Magnolia, especially at a distance. This bird's song was especially bouncy and emphatic. I've come to the conclusion that if I'm not sure which it is, it's probably NOT a Hooded. Other treats were a late-ish Blue-headed Vireo, several pairs of Scarlet Tanagers, both orioles, and 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, one singing beautifully. Joel Martin Catonsville, MD jcdlmartin@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================