Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:40:00 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Re: Rock Creek today 10/7 In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi -- No, there have been a number Ovenbirds reported this autumn, including one about a week ago and another before that. But they are more frequent earlier in the autumn, as they breed locally and we get the local birds dispersing. Gail Mackiernan on 10/07/2003 12:05 PM, Boughton, James M. at JBOUGHTON@IMF.ORG wrote: > Unless I've missed one, this is the first reported sighting of an > ovenbird at Rock Creak this fall? I've been curious about the > omission, since Gail had mentioned them frequently last spring, and we > had a pair in our garden a couple of weeks ago. Is it because the > Rock Creek warblers are mostly fall migrants, and ovenbirds are > resident here in the summer? > > Jim Boughton > Chevy Chase > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gail Mackiernan [mailto:gail@MDSG.UMD.EDU] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:27 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Rock Creek today 10/7 > > > Hi -- > > Migration is definitely slowing down, and of course the change in the > overnight wind directions didn't help. Still, we saw some nice birds! > The ridge was rather quiet so we all went to the maintenance yard, > which is usually better on off-passage days as it has good habitat and > food. Only 7 species of warbler seen but good thrushes. > > Warblers: Black-throated Blue (3), Black-and-White (1), Magnolia (3), > Ovenbird (1, late?), Palm (1), Tennessee (1), Yellowthroat (~10). > > Others: Swainson's Thrush (5), Gray-cheeked Thrush (3, great views of > one), Catharus thrush spp. (3-4), Wood Thrush (2), Red-eyed Vireo (6), > Scarlet Tanager (3-4), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1), Rubycrowned Kinglet > (~15, big influx), Swamp Saprrow (1), Lincoln's Sparrow (1), Chipping > Sparrow (6), Junco (1, first of year), White-throated Sparrow (8), > House Wren (2), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3). Fewer Flickers and a big > decrease in Catbirds. > > We also had a Song Sparrow in Military Field which was BANDED -- right > leg, red band over white (or silver). Couldn't see if left leg was > banded. Any idea? > > Cheers, > Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper > Silver Spring, MD > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================