Re: Little Blue Heron & Friends

Warblerick (Warblerick@aol.com)
Sun, 10 May 1998 18:21:38 EDT


Hi Rog!

Shoow, that was some kinda birdin you were doin yesterday eve. Sounds like
quite a show. 

 But, I'll have you know that Frank Boyle, Sam Freiberg and I birded "the
birdiest mile" again yesterday for May count, in between rain drops and came
up with about 69-70 species by about 11:30. After Sam left, Frank and I
countinued birding around Greenbridge Rd. and found some more species, then I
continued again after Frank left, birding on  and off til around 4:45. I ended
the day with 80 species. Our highlights included 14 Common Loons (!!) on the
reservoir, Blue-winged, Black-throated Blue and Green Warblers, Ovenbirds,
Myrtle (yellow-rumpd) Wrblers, Am. Redstarts, a pair of Golden-winged Warblers
(seen only by Sam while he birded an area alone, and probably the best bird of
the day that Frank and I didn't see!), N. Parulas, Yellow Warbler, Pine
Warbler, Prairie Warbler, many Black& whites, a singing Worm-eating Warbler,
Common Yellowthroats, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, White-eyed and Red-eyed
Vireos, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, E. Meadowlark, singing from
its mid-field perch Grasshopper Sparrow, Am. Kestrel, male and female
Bobolinks, Swamp Sparrows, Great Blue and Green Herons, Barn, Bank, Cliff, and
Tree Swallows, Wood, Swainsons Thrushes, Veery, Bluebird and Robin, Catbird,
Mockingbird and Thrasher, Cedar Waxwings, Orchard and Baltimore Oriole , to
name a few (heh,heh). 

 Out of 83 species seen by our group, I only missed 3, giving me 80 (plus 3
sp.) for the day. We had a large falcon sp. fly over at dawn that we saw only
in silhouette, so it remained unidentified, a single uncalling empidonax sp.
and a number of crow species as well. What a great day. I finished up  at
Brighton Dam around 4:45 with a beautiful Common Loon in breeding plumage
feeding about 40 feet from me right in front of the dam. Way cool!!

 Thanks for the fine write up about your day, too. Good to hear from you
again. I will be going out next Saturday for a full half day of birding (by
myself) if you'd like to join me. Give a ring at 301-774-1185 if you want to.
Cheers, Rick.

Rick Sussman
Ashton, MD
Warblerick@aol.com