Fwd: [MDOsprey] Smith Island

S. Harvey Mudd, MD (shm@codon.nih.gov)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:38:21 -0400


To add a bit to Fran's message:  Marion and I took an hour or so during the
stop-over of the ferry at Smith Island to bird the small patch of scrubby
trees and tangled vegetation located within a few hundred yards of the dock
as one walks along the shore of the island.  Although it was the middle of
the day, we did find the following passerines:

Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Empidonax sp. - 2 (silent )
House Wren - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Gray Catbird - several
American Redstart - at least 10 
Magnolia Warbler - at least 6
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - several 
Palm Warbler - 1 (along the pathway)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2
Song Sparrow - several

We suppose that many of these individuals  were probably migrants.

Also reported by the Metters: Pine Warbler 

Harvey Mudd

>From: "Fran Saunders" <saunderf@ARI.Net>
>To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 04:47:26 -0400
>Subject: [MDOsprey] Smith Island
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>As I mentioned in response to Rob's message about the 
>Monarch's we made the trip to Smith Island on Saturday.  
>Enjoyed the wonderful company of the Mudd's and the 
>Metter's.  We found nothing really extraordinary (except the 
>crab cakes), but did want to mention how low the water was.  
>We have only been to Smith 3 times, but I have never seen 
>the water this low.  Flats were extraordinary and there were 
>lots of herons and egrets, but not too many shorebirds.  
>Harvey mentioned a warbler fall out on the island itself, and 
>the two immature Yellow-crowned Night Herons were still 
>prancing about, but we were not to be surprised by any 
>unusual species.  Nevertheless, I thought the water levels 
>worth mentioning.
>
>Fran
>--------------------------------
>Fran Saunders
>Web Site Director
>Maryland Ornithological Society
>Silver Spring, Maryland
>webmaster@mdbirds.org
>http://www.MDBirds.org 


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S. Harvey Mudd
NIMH/DIRP/LMB
Building 36, Room 1B-08
36 CONVENT DR MSC 4034
BETHESDA MD 20892-4034
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email: shm@codon.nih.gov