[MDOsprey] Connecticut Warbler at Greenwell 10/3
Greg Miller (hawk-owl@yahoo.com)
Sun, 3 Oct 1999 10:09:29 -0700 (PDT)
Howdy All!
A gorgeous day to be out! Yes, I took this morning
off work, too. <grin> And no, I don't normally work
my sacred, birding weekends either. I walked from my
house (after adding birds #73 and #74 to my yard
list--Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Yellow-rumped
Warlber) over to Greenwell St Pk, here in St Marys
County.
Best find of the day was an adult male Connecticut
Warbler at Greenwell St Pk this morning (10/3) around
10:15am. It was found just north of the intersection
of the Red and Yellow trails. That is, the very SE
corner of the cornfield on the right side of the Red
Trail. It's a tiny ravine filled with thick brambles,
briers, and brushy undergrowth. Opposite the small
gully (to the South) is a small stand of mixed
Loblolly and Red Pine through which the Red Trail
runs. Also in the same area was a beautiful adult
male Nashville Warbler.
I kicked up a small covey of Bobwhites (6) along the
Gray Trail (access trail), and I counted 4 Sharpies
and 1 Merlin, 8 Turkey Vultures, 1 Red-tailed Hawk,
and 3 Osprey this morning, too.
The Orange Trail was quiet with only a few migrant
Flickers and a single Phoebe.
No shrikes or Dickcissels...yet. <grin>
-Greg Miller
Hollywood, MD
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