4/21/04    While butterflying at Soldiers Delight on Wednesday afternoon I noted the following birds:

Carolina Chickadee - collecting nesting material
Gnatcatcher - 5
Myrtle Warbler - 12
Pine Warbler - 5
Prairie Warbler - 4
Yellow Palm Warbler - 4
Black-&-white Warbler - 3

At home the first House Wren of the season was singing.

4/22/04 - a full morning at McKeldin Area, Patapsco Valley SP

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Gnatcatcher - 7
Yellow-throated Vireo - 2, first of year
Parula - 7
Myrtle Warbler - 8
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 1, a migrant here
Black-&-white Warbler - 3
Louisiana Waterthrush - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 15, definite sign of migrants

4/23 - While typing this I heard my first Yellow Warbler of the year at home.

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg, Md


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