Carroll Co. Saturday

Robert Ringler (ringler@cct.infi.net)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 07:09:10 -0700


During the Fall Bird Count in Carroll County on Saturday I spent the 
morning at McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State Park.  It was the best 
day yet this fall for migrant passerines including 11 species of 
warblers.  Here is a run-down of the non-resident songbirds:  Pewee 7, 
Acadian Flycatcher 2 (heard calling, not singing), Swainson's Thrush 1 
(flew over calling), Wood Thrush 2 (heard calling), Catbird 1, 
Yellow-throated Vireo 3 (heard singing or calling), Philadelphia Vireo 1, 
Red-eyed Vireo 13 (including 1 singing), Parula 6, Chestnut-sided Warbler 
5, Magnolia Warbler 9, Black-throated Blue 4, Black-throated Green 3, 
Blackburnian Warbler 2, Bay-breasted Warbler 1, Black-&-white 9, Redstart 
1 (incredibly my only one so far this fall in Carroll), Northern 
Waterthrush 1, Yellowthroat 1, Scarlet Tanager 2.  At Piney Run Park were 
7 species of ducks including the first Wigeon of the season and a 
summering Ring-necked Duck, and 5 species of herons including an immature 
Black-crowned Night-Heron which is rare here.  Shorebirds included the 
first Snipe of the season at a pond in Westminster.  The Harveys had 
a Peregrine over their house in Sykesville.  Other observers added 
Prairie and Wilson's warblers to the total and collectively we found 96 
species for the day.

				Bob Ringler